Notice

SN4 0QD, Amazon Data Services UK Limited: environmental permit application advertisement – EPR/FP3000LY/A001

Published 18 October 2021

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The consultation period for this application has ended. You can view current licences on the Public Registers.

Applies to England

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 Amazon Data Services UK Limited.

Application number

EPR/FP3000LY/A001

Regulated facility type

Section 1.1 A(1) (a): Burning any fuel in an appliance with a rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more

Regulated facility address

Swindon Data Centre – Emergency Back-up Generation Facility
Burderop Park
Chiseldon
Swindon
SN4 0QD

The application includes:

  • the completed application form
  • a non-technical summary
  • a summary of the management system
  • an environmental risk assessment
  • proposed operating techniques, including an assessment of best available techniques
  • management plans to address any key risks
  • modelling and monitoring of any significant emissions to air, land or water
  • a report on the condition of the site
  • raw material usage and measures for energy efficiency and avoiding waste production

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 15 November 2021.

You can comment:

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Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk

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The privacy notice for permit applicants/operators can be viewed in the environmental permit application forms on GOV.UK

Where the application relates to an installation and there is/has been an EIA for a permitted development or as part of a planning application (not Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects) The proposals in this application are also the subject of a separate environmental impact assessment carried out as part of town and country planning. You can get further information on this from Swindon Borough Council.