Who must register
If you use professional PPPs and any adjuvants in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), you have a legal obligation to join a register under the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020. You must register by 22nd June 2022.
This includes grassland farmers and farmers who hire contractors to apply the pesticides on their land.
If you start using professional PPPs for the first time, you must register within 3 months of the time you begin.
You need to register if you:
- use professional PPPs and any adjuvants as part of your work
- have professional PPPs and any adjuvants applied by a third party (e.g. contractors) as part of your work in agriculture or horticulture, amenities or forestry
- You do not need to register if you use amateur PPPs, such as in your garden.
The form requires you to state which sector or sectors you work in.
Agriculture and horticulture
This includes work in agriculture or horticulture such as farming or maintaining arable crops, forage crops or livestock, or treating seeds.
Forestry
This includes work in forests or woodlands, such as in:
- tree management
- tree planting
- use of forests or woodland
Addresses related to PPP activity
The form will record and register your business addresses. If you are a business or organisation that uses professional PPPs and any adjuvants, you must register every address where you:
- store them
- keep records
- apply them, if on your business property such as land you own or rent
You must register at least one permanent business address.
Variable use of PPPs
If the amount of PPPs that you use changes year by year, you should enter an amount that you would use in a typical year. If you use PPPs during some years but not others, give the typical amount that you would use in a year that you do.
How to register
Download and fill in a form to register as a business, organisation or sole trader that uses professional PPPs and any adjuvants in Great Britain and for further information visit: www.gov.uk/government/publications/professional-plant-protection-products-ppps-register-as-a-user
Downloading the form
The form is in a spreadsheet format. You need spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice, or Mac OS Numbers on your device to open and fill in the form.
Returning the form
Save the completed form as a .ods or .xls file. Email the file to