DEFRA Peat Consultation

Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales consultation is available online and it is vital your views are heard.
Please have your say, every opinion counts

Please note that DEFRA has asked for as many individual responses as possible. A BOA response on behalf of our members only counts as one view, so your consultation response is extremely important.

The BOA has been involved in discussions with DEFRA, NFU, HTA and crop associations.

The BOA believe we should not tell growers how to respond but we do want to provide you with information and with this in mind we have agreed to circulate the HTA briefing document.

The BOA believe there is a strong case for exemptions, we need to show where and why exemptions are needed. We are currently looking for evidence to support this view. Please visit the growing media group page for more information

It is critical that all growers respond to the Defra consultation by 18th March 2022: please scroll down to the bottom of the web page and click on the “online survey” in the green box.

The online consultation is available here