NE42 6PL, Thompsons of Prudhoe Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/RP3898ZV/V002
Published 27 November 2025
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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 Thompsons of Prudhoe Limited.
Application number
EPR/RP3898ZV/V002
Regulated facility type
The site is a Hazardous waste transfer station where they accept Asbestos separately from the non-hazardous and inert wastes. This application is to extend the permit boundary to include an area for additional storage of waste and add the ability of the site to use a conveyor and crusher on site periodically to treat aggregates and soils and to increase the annual throughput of inert wastes from 15,000 tonnes per annum to 150,000 tonnes per annum meaning the overall annual throughput of wastes on site will be 225,000 tonnes per annum. There is also the addition of EWC 17 06 01* Insulation materials containing asbestos to the existing hazardous asbestos waste accepted in a secure locatable skip. The permit is also being updated to modern conditions. As the site is now proposing to store and treat waste outside they will also need to review their drainage system to prevent discharges from the waste activities into the Park Burn.
Regulated facility address
Low Prudhoe Waste Reclamation & Transfer Station
Princess Way
Prudhoe
NE42 6PL
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 29 December 2025.
You can comment:
Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space
Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
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