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Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
The types of work on or near a main river or sea defence that don't need an environmental permit so are excluded from the regulations.
T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
How the Environment Agency charges for activities that need an environmental permit and the charges you must pay.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when abstraction licence holders can abstract water outside the authorised period for the purpose of filling existing water storage reservoirs.
Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
Non-nuclear radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, types of permits, how to apply, change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your application is correct.
T5 exemption allows you to temporarily treat waste on a small scale to produce aggregate or soil at a particular location, such as a construction or demolition site.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
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