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Consultation outcome

Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation 32

From:
Environment Agency
Published
1 October 2025
Last updated
8 July 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Proposed standard rules permits for small sewage discharges: summary of consultation responses

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Detail of outcome

The responses we received provided information that supported us in developing the standard rules sets for these activities.

See the published standards rules for SR2025 No 5, No 6 and No 7.

Original consultation

Summary

We want your views on 3 proposed standard rules permits to cover small sewage discharge activities that are currently regulated using bespoke permits.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

The consultation document sets out 3 standard rules and the supporting generic risk assessments. They cover:

  • discharges of treated sewage effluent to ground of more than 2 cubic metres per day but not more than 5 cubic metres per day (SR2025 No 5)
  • discharges of treated sewage effluent to ground of no greater than 1.5 cubic metres per day which are discharged using a shallow drainage system that does not conform to the British Standard, and which are replacing an existing discharge to surface water or to ground (SR2025 No 6)
  • discharges of treated sewage effluent to surface water which achieve secondary treatment using equipment that does not conform to the British Standard or where the receiving watercourse does not always have flow, or both (SR2025 No 7)

Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2025
Last updated 8 July 2026 Show all updates

  1. We have added information at the start of consultation response document. "The charges proposed in the consultation were updated on 1 April to take account of inflation. The annual uplift (increase) is calculated using the Office for National Statistics’ Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation in the 12 months to September in the immediately preceding year. When proposed standard rules are made on or after 1 April, the appropriate annual uplift amount will be added to the rates shown in the consultation."

  2. We have published the new standard rules for SR2025 No 5, No 6 and No 7. See the 'Detail of outcome' section.

  3. Added the consultation response document.

  4. First published.

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