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What are the Environmental Permitting Regulations?
The Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2010 were introduced on 6 April 2010, replacing the 2007 Regulations.
In 2007 the Regulations combined the Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) and Waste Management Licensing (WML) regulations. Their scope has since been widened to include water discharge and groundwater activities, radioactive substances and provision for a number of Directives, including the Mining Waste Directive.
What do I need to do?
If you are a new customer you need to find out if the activity you plan to carry out requires you to register an exemption or apply for an environmental permit.
If you are an existing customer use the following links to make an application or to read the guidance.
What's new?
Check if your waste activity is exempt and find out how to register the exemption with us.
Check if your water activity is exempt and find out how to register the exemption with us.
Check if your activity meets the requirements of a standard rules permit.
For activities on nuclear sites or for the on-site burial of low-level radioactive waste look at the Nuclear sector pages.
Guidance to help you complete your application and to comply with your environmental permit / exemption.
Find out how to make a application for a new permit or make changes to (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
Find out what happens to your application after it has been submitted.
Find out how we consult with the public and relevant organisations on applications for permits.
We publicise applications for new bespoke permits, and certain changes to those, on our website, so the public have an opportunity to comment on them.
