SN12 6SS, Wiltshire Council: environmental permit application advertisement – EPR/SB3455TZ/A001
Published 3 June 2025
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Details of the application
The Environment Agency has received a new bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from Wiltshire Council.
Application number
EPR/SB3455TZ/A001
Regulated facility type
Radioactive substances activity
The facility is land formerly occupied by RAF Bowerhill. RAF sites have a historic legacy of using radioactive substances as luminising agents on aircraft components and disposing of such items on site. Monitoring surveys have identified areas where there are elevated radiation measurements, and it is proposed to undertake further investigations and potentially remediate the site. The application is for an environmental permit to allow the temporary on-site storage of excavated wastes and their subsequent off-site transfer to suitably permitted sites for final disposal. There will be no importation of radioactive wastes or materials to the site from elsewhere.
Regulated facility location
Former RAF Bowerhill
Lancaster Road
Bowerhill
Melksham
Wiltshire
SN12 6SS
How to comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application send these by 1 July 2025
Email: rsr.rotherham2.ne@environment-agency.gov.uk
Or write to:
Environment Agency
PO Box 4404
Sheffield
S9 9DA
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.
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You can read guidance on radioactive substances regulation
This includes
- guidance to applicants
- guidance on how to comply with our permits.