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How to store oil safely, check which oil storage regulations apply and pollution penalties

• Overview

  You have to follow certain regulations if you have an oil storage…

• Storing oil at your home

  You must meet building regulations if you have a new or replacement oil…

• Storing oil at your business

  You must follow the regulations for businesses if your oil container can…

Find out about movements to temporary storage facilities from border locations in Great Britain operating the pre-lodgement model.

• Updated: 31 December 2021

How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.

• Updated: 27 March 2025

A guide to planning, designing, constructing and commissioning a water storage reservoir.

• Updated: 1 May 2008

How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.

• Updated: 31 December 2020

How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.

• Updated: 9 October 2014

Demolition of building and erection of a part 7, part 13 storey co-living building (Sui Generis) and associated communal amenity facilities, refuse storage, etc.

• Updated: 27 March 2026

This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.

• Updated: 24 July 2025