The person who will operate an installation (or an authorised person on behalf of a company) should complete the relevant application form and submit it, with the correct fee, to the Council.
How to apply
You can apply and pay online for the permits listed here via GOV.UK. Payment can be made by debit or credit card.
Environmental permit part A2 application
Environmental permit part B application
Change an environmental permit
Part A (2) installations and small waste incineration plant - applying using paper forms
Use the forms below if:
- You want to apply for a Part A (2) environmental permit and do not wish to use the online application above;
- or you want to apply to vary, transfer or surrender an A (2) permit;
- or you intend to burn nonhazardous waste (between 50kg per hour and 3 tonnes per hour) or hazardous waste (less than ten tonnes per day). You will need to use the small waste incineration plant form.
It is essential to speak to the Council before submitting applications on these forms. If you are not sure which waste incineration permit you need to apply for, visit: waste incineration permitting guidance (GOV.UK). You should provide two copies of the application form and any supporting information.
Part B installations - applying using paper forms
Use the forms below if:
- You want to apply for a Part B environmental permit and do not wish to use the online application above;
- or you want to apply to vary, transfer or surrender a part B permit.
It is essential to speak to the Council before submitting applications on these forms. If you want to apply for a permit to burn waste oil, contact the Council first.
Further information
Will tacit authorisation apply?
No.
Guidance, including determination criteria and statutory timescales for determination, is published on the DEFRA web site: Pollution prevention and control: guidance, regulation and directives.
Processing applications
The Council is required to process applications within a specified time. For most applications this time limit is four months from the date the application is accepted (or 'duly made'). For simple processes, such as dry cleaners, the time limit is three months.
The Council will consider the information set out in your application form together with any supporting documents. In most cases an inspector will visit the proposed installation or mobile plant, and the council may consult with other agencies about the application.
If the Council intends to grant the application a draft permit will be given to the applicant, and any comments will be considered before the permit is granted. A draft permit may also be placed on the Council's website when public consultation is required.
Refusing applications
The Council will not automatically grant a permit. We cannot grant a permit if we believe that the applicant will not be the operator of the installation.
We must also refuse to grant a permit if we believe that the applicant will not comply with the permit conditions. This may be because of a history of disregard for the environment, based on evidence such as convictions for environmental offences.
There is no tacit consent for processes prescribed in Schedule 1 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations, but there is a right of appeal.
What could delay processing an application?
We might ask for more information:
- To help decide what conditions should be included in the permit;
- or to be certain that the best available techniques are going to be used to prevent pollution from the installation.
We can serve a notice requesting the information and the application is put on hold until we get it.
Note: Speaking to the Council before making your application can reduce the possibility of delay.
Fees
Local Authority Pollution Prevention Control (LAPPC) charges, updated August 2017
Notes
- Subsistence charges can be paid in four equal quarterly instalments paid on 1st April, 1st July, 1st October and 1st January. Where paid quarterly the total amount payable to the Local Authority will be increased by £38.
- Part 1 reduced fee activities are: petrol filling stations, vehicle refinishers (such as body repair shops) and dry cleaners.
- Part 2 reduced fee activities include the manufacture of heavy clay goods, roadstone coating, china clay processes, crushing and screening of brick, tiles and concrete and the manufacture of timber based products.
- Part 3 reduced fee activities include most bulk cement activities, coal and coke activities, some quarry processes and other mineral activities.
- Part 4 reduced fee activities include powder coating, maggot breeding, animal feed compounding and other animal material processes, bitumen activities and polymerisation processes.
- For a fuller explanation of the new categories of activity, contact licensing enquiries.
- An extra fee of £52 can be charged if the subsistence fee is not paid within eight weeks of the invoice date.
Application fees
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process (includes solvent emission activities) |
£1650 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit |
£1188 |
| Part 1 reduced fee activities | £155 |
| PVR I & II (petrol vapour recovery stages 1b and II combined) | £257 |
| Vehicle refinishers, any Part 2 or Part 3 reduced fee activity and any new Part 4 reduced fee activity | £362 |
| Reduced fee activities: Additional fee for operating without a permit | £99 |
| Mobile plant (not using simplified permit) for the first and second permits (each) | £1650 |
| Mobile plant (not using simplified permit): for the third to seventh applications (each) | £985 |
| Mobile plant (not using simplified permit): for the eighth and subsequent applications (each) | £498 |
Where an application for any of the above is for a combined Part B and waste application, add an extra £310 to the above amounts.
Annual subsistence charges
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard Part B activities and solvent emission activities | Low - £772 (+ £103) Medium - £1161(+ £156) High - £1747 (+ £207) |
| Part 1 reduced fee activities | Low - £79 Medium - £158 High - £237 |
| PVR I & II (petrol vapour recovery stages 1b and II combined) |
Low - £113 |
| Vehicle refinishers and Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 reduced fee activities** | Low - £228 Medium - £365 High - £548 |
| Odorising of natural gas | no longer required |
| Mobile plant (not using simplified permit): for first and second permits (each) | Low - £646 Medium - £1034 High - £1506 |
| Mobile plant (not using simplified permit): for the third to seventh permits (each) | Low - £385 Medium - £617 High - £924 |
| Mobile plant (not using simplified permit): eighth and subsequent permits (each) | Low - £198 Medium - £316 High - £473 |
Notes:
* The additional amounts in brackets must be charged where a permit is for a combined Part B and waste installation.
Where a Part B installation is subject to reporting under the E-PRTR (European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) Regulation, add an extra £99 to the above amounts.
Transfer, variation and surrender
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process transfer | £169 |
| Standard process partial transfer |
£497 |
| New operator at low risk reduced activity fee | £78 |
| Surrender: all Part B activities | £0 |
| Reduced fee activities: transfer | £0 |
| Reduced fee activities: partial transfer |
£47 |
| Temporary transfer for mobile plant: first transfer |
£53 |
| Temporary transfer for mobile plant: repeat transfer | £0 |
| Temporary transfer for mobile plant: repeat following enforcement or warning | £53 |
| Variation in the case of substantial change: standard process | £1050 |
| Variation in the case of substantial change: standard process where the substantial change results in a new PPC activity | £1650 |
| Variation in the case of substantial change: reduced fee activities | £102 |
Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (LA-IPPC)
These fees apply to Part A2 installations and small waste incineration plant permitted under Schedule 13A.
Note: Every subsistence charge in this table includes the additional £99 charge to cover Local Authority extra costs in dealing with reporting under the E-PRTR (European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) Regulation.
| Type of charge | Local authority element |
|---|---|
| Application | £3363 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit | £1188 |
| Annual subsistence | Low - £1446 Medium - £1610 High - £2333 |
|
Simple variation |
£1368 |
| Substantial variation | £3363 |
| Transfer | £225 |
| Partial transfer | £668 |
| Surrender (including partial surrender) | £668 |
Notes
- Subsistence charges can be paid in four equal quarterly instalments paid on 1st April, 1st July, 1st October and 1st January. Where paid quarterly the total amount payable to the local authority will be increased by £38.
- Newspaper adverts may be required under EPR at the discretion of the Local Authority (LA) as part of the consultation process when considering an application (see Chapter 9 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Environmental Permitting Guidance). This will be undertaken and paid for by the LA and the charging scheme contains a provision for the LA to recoup its costs.
More information
An environmental permit is a legal document containing conditions that are intended to prevent or minimise pollution from an industrial or commercial activity. The activities that need an environmental permit are listed in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016. A permit may be issued by the Council or by the Environment Agency.
Environmental permits fall into several types:
- Part A (1) permits for large or complex industrial installations and most waste activities.
- Part A (2) permits for intermediate installations.
- Part B permits for relatively simple installations.
- Permits issued under Schedules to the Regulations.
To find our more, visit the DEFRA website: Pollution prevention and control: guidance, regulation and directives.
Exemptions from the need to get an environmental permit
In exceptional circumstances, the Council can decide that a particular installation is 'trivial', being so unlikely to cause pollution that it does not need a permit. The Council periodically reviews installations of this kind to make sure the process remains unlikely to cause pollution.
Certain activities involving waste need an exemption registered with one of the regulators. While most exemptions must be registered with the Environment Agency two specific exemptions must be registered with the Council. These are exemptions for decontaminating metals using heat (a T3 exemption) and micro-scale crushing of bricks, tiles and concrete (a T7 exemption).
To register one of these exemptions please complete and return the relevant form: