There is a very strong odour due to land spreading of agricultural effluent. Can the Council do anything about this?
In general no as land spreading is a ‘normal activity’ associated with agriculture and is encouraged as a beneficial use of organic fertiliser. However if you contact the landowner he may try and delay the land spreading until climatic conditions change, or you can request that he maintain a set-back from a house. However, he is not obliged to do this.
In general land-spreading of agricultural slurry in Tipperary is prohibited during the “closed period” i.e. from the 15th of October to the 12th of January annually. (Some exceptions: land-spreading of soiled water in Tipperary is less restricted, and farmyard manure cannot be land-spread from 01st November to 12th January.)
