Statutory guidance

Crematoria: process guidance note 5/2

Local authority regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for crematoria.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), Welsh Government and The Scottish Government
• Published: 1 September 2012

This publication was withdrawn on 5 December 2025

This guidance has been archived because it’s out of date. It has been replaced by new crematoria process guidance.

Documents

Crematoria: process guidance note 5/12

PDF, 423 KB, 55 pages

Details

Regulators can be:

• district councils, borough councils, unitary councils or port health authorities in England and Wales
• the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland
• district councils or the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland

This PGN includes:

• air emission limits
• emission monitoring methods
• best available techniques to control air emissions

Crematoria are a ‘Part B’ activity under the local authority pollution prevention and control (LAPPC) regime.

Published 1 September 2012