B76 9DP, Severn Trent Ltd: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/BP3631SW/V013
Published 24 March 2026
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Details of the application
The Environment Agency has received an application to vary an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 involving substantial change to a permit from Severn Trent Ltd.
Application number
EPR/BP3631SW/V013
Regulated facility type
Variation of a Directly Associated Activity of the main anaerobic digestion (AD) activity to remove a CHP engine and relocate of an existing CHP. The emissions profile will not change materially and there will be no increase in environmental risk as this will result in a reduction in combustion emissions no air. The import and liming of digestate to be dewatered and stored on the existing cake storage area which is an existing activity being brought into regulation The import, dewatering and liming of digested sludge which is an existing activity being brought into regulation Removal of hazardous wastes listed in the permit in Schedule 2 and associated activities in Table S1.1. Update the throughput into the AD plant to include both imported sludge and indigenous (pre-thickened) sludge. Undertake the MCDP review
Regulated facility address
Minworth Sludge Digestion & CHP Plant
Kingsbury Road
Minworth
B76 9DP
The application contains a description of how the proposed change(s) may affect:
- the installation
- the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate
- the conditions of its site
- the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their significant effects on the environment
- the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste
- and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered
How to view and comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application send these by 23 April 2026.
You can comment:
Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space
Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
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