Licence summary
You must have an environmental permit if you operate a regulated
facility in England or Wales.
A regulated facility includes:
- installations or mobile plants carrying out listed
activities
- waste operations
- waste mobile plant
- mining waste operations
Listed activities include:
- energy - burning fuel, gasification, liquification and refining
activities
- metals - manufacturing and processing metals
- minerals - manufacturing lime, cement, ceramics or glass
- chemicals - manufacturing chemicals, pharmaceuticals or
explosives, storing chemicals in bulk
- waste - incinerating waste, operating landfills, recovering
waste
- solvents - using solvents
- other - manufacturing paper, pulp and board, treating timber
products, coating, treating textiles and printing, manufacturing
new tyres, intensive pig and poultry farming
Listed activities are divided into three categories: Part A(1),
Part A(2) and Part B. Process Designations:
The permit your business requires depends on the specific
processes involved and resulting emissions.
Permits are available from the Environment Agency or your local
authority (the regulator) depending upon the category your business
falls within:
- Part A(1) installations or mobile plants are regulated by the
Environment Agency
- Part A(2) and Part B installations or mobile plants are
regulated by the local authority, except waste operations carried
out at Part B installations which are regulated by the Environment
Agency
- Waste operations or waste mobile plant carried on other than at
an installation, or by Part A or Part B mobile plants, are
regulated by the Environment Agency
- Mining waste operations are regulated by the Environment
Agency
More information on industrial air pollution and prescribed
processes is available from Environmental
Protection UK.
Eligibility criteria
Applications must be made on the form provided by the regulator,
or online and must include specified information which will vary
depending on the operation.
If further information is required the applicant will be
notified by the regulator and they must provide this information or
the application will be deemed to be withdrawn.
The application must be from the operator of the regulated
facility.
For waste operations no licence will be granted unless any
required planning permission had first been granted.
Fees
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Environmental Permit Fees
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Regulation summary
A summary of
the regulation relating to this licence
Application evaluation process
The regulator will pay regard to the protection of the
environment taken as a whole by, in particular, preventing or,
where that is not practicable, reducing emissions into the air,
water and land.
The regulator may inform the public of the application and must
consider any representations.
The application must be from the operator of the regulated
facility and the regulator must be satisfied that they must operate
the facility in accordance with the environmental permit.
Will tacit consent apply?
No. It is in the public interest that the authority must process
your application before it can be granted; we aim to process an
application within 4 months of it being duly-made. If you have not
heard from Peterborough City Council within a reasonable period,
please contact us. You can do this online
if you applied through the Business Link service, or use the
contact details below.
Apply online
Apply for an A2 Environmental Permit
Apply for a B Environmental Permit
Tell us about a change to your existing circumstances
Public register
A
public register of any relevant information relating to the
permit is kept by either the Environment
Agency or Peterborough City Council depending on the type of
process.
Failed application redress
Please contact your Local Authority in the first instance.
An applicant who is refused an environmental permit may appeal
to the appropriate authority. In England the appropriate authority
is the Secretary of State. Appeals must be lodged no later than six
months from the date of the decision.
Licence holder redress
Please contact your Local Authority in the first instance.
If an application to vary, transfer or surrender an
environmental permit has been refused or if the applicant objects
to conditions imposed on the environmental permit they may appeal
to the appropriate authority.
Appeals must be lodged in relation to a regulator initiated
variation, a suspension notice or an enforcement notice, not later
than two months from the date of the variation or notice and in any
other case not later than six months from the date of the
decision.
Consumer complaint
We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the
first contact is made with the trader by you - preferably in the
form a letter (with proof of delivery). If that has not worked, if
you are located in the UK, Consumer Direct will give
you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.
Contact details
Peterborough City Council
Pollution Team
Operations Directorate
Bayard Place
Broadway
Peterborough
PE1 1HZ
Email: wmhd@peterborough.gov.uk
Telephone: 01733 747474 Between 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to
Friday.
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