Environmental Permits
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 requires certain industrial installations to obtain an environmental permit before they are allowed to operate. Facilities requiring a permit range from roadstone coating plants, to animal feed mills to car body paint shops. Some facilities require a permit by definition, whilst others only require a permit if they exceed specified criteria, such as throughput, amounts of solvent used etc. A list of those facilities issued with a permit, or those with an application pending, is available on the Public Register.
The environmental permitting regime is split into three categories and is regulated by two different regulators.
On this page
— Part A(1) - The Environment Agency
— Part A(2) and Part B - Local Authorities
— Fees
Part A(1) - The Environment Agency
The Environment Agency regulates what is considered to be the most polluting of the three industrial categories, A(1) activities. These are regulated for multi-media emissions to land, air and water and includes other environmental considerations.
Part A(2) and Part B - Local Authorities
Local Authorities regulate the comparatively less polluting A(2) activities for multi-media emissions and the lesser polluting Part B activities for emissions to air only. They also permit certain solvent and incineration process introduced by the Industrial Emissions Directive such as 'small waste incineration plant'.
If you think you may require a permit you are advised to contact us to discuss further.
All applications must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee, made payable to Winchester City Council. In addition, all permits attract an annual subsistence fee. These fees are reviewed annually and can be found on the DEFRA website.
All relevant application and variation forms are also available to download in Word or PDF format below. These includes specific simplified forms for Reduced Fee Processes (Dry Cleaners, Vehicle Refinishers).
- Part A2 application form (word)
- Part A2 application form (pdf)
- Part B application form (word)
- Part B application form (pdf)
- Application Form - Dry Cleaners Only (pdf)
- Application Form - Dry Cleaners only (Word)
- Application Form - Car Body Shops (pdf)
- Application Form - Car Body Shops (word)
Fees
Both an initial application and annual subsistence fees are charged at set national rates. These can be found here on the government's website.