The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Wales) Regulations 2013

Further requirements applicable to temporary field sites from 1 January 2014E+W

33.  Further to regulation 32, from 1 January 2014—

(a)topsoil must not be removed from the ground upon which a temporary field site is to be constructed;

(b)a temporary field site must not be located within 30m of a watercourse on land identified on the risk map as having an incline of greater than 12�; and

(c)the surface area of a temporary field site should be as small as reasonably practicable to minimise the leaching effect of rainfall.