Environmental Permitting
By law Local Authorities are required to regulate certain types
of industries to reduce pollution and in particular, improve air
quality. The laws include the Pollution Prevention and Control Act
1999 and the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)
Regulations 2010, which govern Integrated Pollution Prevention and
Control and Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control.
Our role in the regime is to issue permits which set controls
and emission standards to minimise pollution from certain
industrial activities. Once a permit has been issued we routinely
inspect the activity, those with a higher pollution potential are
inspected more frequently. You must obtain an environmental
permit if you operate a regulated facility.
Choose a link on the navigation menu for more
information on activities regulated, permits issued and to apply.
You can also view the current list of permit holders.
