Notice

OX14 4PW, FCC Environment (UK) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/NP3890VV/V007

Published 4 March 2026

Applies to England

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 FCC Environment (UK) Limited.

Application number

EPR/NP3890VV/V007

Regulated facility type

5.4 Part A1(b)(ii) - recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day involving pre-treatment of waste for incineration or co-incineration. The site is a Materials Recycling Facility for the receipt, storage and transfer of non-hazardous waste. The Site is a waste installation facility that accepts non-hazardous waste for the purpose of producing Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF). This substantial variation application is seeking to amend the permit to accept new waste types, for the treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Regulated facility address

Sutton Courtenay Materials Recycling Facility
Appleford Sidings
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4PW

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 01 April 2026.

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.

The privacy notice for permit applicants/operators can be viewed at Privacy Notice