Notice

PE7 1PJ, Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/DP3131NM/V002

Published 17 September 2025

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 Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Limited.

Application number

EPR/DP3131NM/V002

Regulated facility type

This is a variation to the listed activity Section 5.4 A(1) (b) (iii) Recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day involving treatment of slags and ashes. The variation seeks to make the following changes;

• increase in the total quantity of Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) waste accepted at the site from 250,000 tpa to 460,000 tpa
• An increase in the site operational hours to include 24 hour operation in building 1.
• Increase the total quantity of construction and demolition (C&D) waste accepted at the site from 50,000 tpa to 154,000 tpa
• Increase the daily treatment capacity of IBA from 1,000 tonnes per day (tpd) to 2,000 tpd
• An increase in the maximum quantity of IBA stored at any one time prior to treatment from 52,000 tonnes to 75,000 tonnes and an increase in the maximum stockpile height for IBA from 4.6m to 6.7m to accommodate the increase in storage capacity
• increase in the maximum quantity of incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA). IBAA stored at any one time following treatment from 38,304 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes and an increase in the maximum stockpile height for IBAA from 4.6m to 6.7m to accommodate the increase in storage capacity.
• increase in the maximum quantity of ferrous and non-ferrous metals stored at any one time following treatment from 1,786 tonnes to 2,500 tonnes.
• increase in the maximum quantity of C&D waste stored at any one time from 7,373 tonnes to 15,000 tonnes and an increase in the maximum stockpile height for C&D waste from 4.6m to 5.5m to accommodate the increase in storage capacity (Waste operation reference AR8).
• Additional waste types for receipt, storage and processing under activity AR8 (C&D waste processing).
• Addition of crushing of IBA/IBAA on a campaign basis (Installation Activity reference AR1).
• Inclusion in Table S2.2 of four additional IBA derived waste types comprising 19 12 12 comprising only processed incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA), 19 01 02 ferrous materials removed from bottom ash, 19 12 02 ferrous metal and 19 12 03 non-ferrous metal.
• A change in the Environmental Permit boundary to add a small additional area measuring approximately 0.35 hectares to the permitted area

Regulated facility address

Saxon Brickworks
Whittlesey
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE7 1PJ

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 15 October 2025.

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