Your business may require an environmental permit (England and Wales) or a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit (Northern Ireland and Scotland) from your environmental regulator or local council. For example, you will need a permit if your business has a production capacity above a certain level or if you use certain hazardous substances.
There are different categories of permit:
- England and Wales: Part A(1), Part A(2) or Part B environmental permit
- Northern Ireland: Part A, Part B or Part C PPC permit
- Scotland: Part A or Part B PPC permit.
NetRegs only provides detailed guidance for businesses that require Part B or C permits.
Agricultural activities do not normally require Part B or C permits.
Part A activities
Your farm may require an environmental permit (England and Wales) or a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit (Northern Ireland and Scotland) from your environmental regulator if it has more than:
- 2,000 places for production pigs that weigh more than 30kg
- 750 places for sows
- 40,000 places for poultry, including ducks and turkeys.
If you are setting up a new pig and poultry farm that falls under the environmental permitting or PPC regulations you will have to hold a Part A permit before you can operate.
If you meet the criteria for inclusion in Part A you should always refer to the general and sector specific guidance produced by your environmental regulator.
NetRegs does not provide comprehensive guidance for businesses that operate with a permit from their environmental regulator under:
- Part A(1) and Part A(2) of environmental permitting in England and Wales
- Part A of pollution prevention and control (PPC) in Northern Ireland and Scotland
- Integrated pollution control (IPC) in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
This is a complex area of regulation. For general information about the regulation of Part A sites, see the NetRegs environmental permits and PPC permits guidance.
This guidance does not provide a complete list of environmental permitting (England and Wales) or PPC (Northern Ireland and Scotland) activities. If you are unsure whether you are affected by environmental permitting or PPC, contact your environmental regulator or local council.
Contact your environmental regulator
Contact your local council
