Notice

B66 2PG, European Metal Recycling Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/LP3597FX/C003

Published 10 July 2025

Applies to England

Details of the application

The Environment Agency has received an application to vary (change) an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from European Metal Recycling Limited

The proposed variation changes a standard rules permit into a bespoke permit.

Application number

EPR/LP3597FX/C003

Regulated facility type

Currently their site at Downing Street, Smethwick, operates under three different authorisations: a standard rules permit for the area to the south of Downing Street, a bespoke environmental permit, which was formerly a waste management licence for an area to the north of Downing Street (Alfred Street site) and a T9 Exemption. 1.1.3 The aim of this variation application is to amalgamate these three authorisations into one bespoke permit for metal recycling ahead of changes to the exemptions that are due next year.

Regulated facility address

European Metal Recycling Limited – Smethwick
Downing Street
Smethwick
West Midlands
B66 2PG

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 7 August 2025

You can comment:

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk

For advice about how to make a representation or if you are unable to make a representation via e-mail, please call 03708 506 506.

The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.

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