Environmental Permitting
The Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations came into force on 6 April 2008. These new regulations will make existing legislation more efficient by combining Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) and Waste Management Licensing (WML) regulations.
If you already have a PPC permit or a Waste Management Licence it will automatically become an Environmental Permit from 6 April. You do not need to reapply and we will not reissue your permit. Your permit will contain the same conditions as before.
Note: Some content on our website may still refer to PPC or WML after 6 April 2008. This content will be replaced at scheduled review points and for now you should read it as EP guidance.
What do you want to do?
If you are a new customer and you want to find out if your facility requires an Environmental Permit you should follow the link below:
If you are an existing customer and your facility is regulated under EP Regulations you may need to:
- amend an existing Environmental Permit or apply for a new permit. Go to our permitting page.
- register a waste exemption, please read our exemptions page.
- find out how to comply with your Environmental Permit.
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Getting the basics right (Acrobat, 377KB, 3 minutes)
Download and check the guidance to see if you can comply.
If you already have an application in progress and wish to view our guidance, you should go to our guidance page.
To understand Environmental Permitting and the wider regulatory framework that it sits in, please visit our guidance page. You can access the Regulations and guidance which has been produced.
Useful links
- Environmental Permitting (EP) charges
This is a new scheme to recover our charges under the new Environmental Permitting Regulations. It has replaced our former Waste Management Licensing (WML) and Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) schemes. - Operational risk appraisal (Opra)
To find out about the mechanism we use to assess risk of EP site operation, please visit our Opra page. Opra is a risk screening tool we use in our work regulating operators under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. It allows us to allocate our resources appropriately and we also use it to inform our charges. - Defra website
Please visit Defra's website to find out more about the Environmental Permitting Programme.
