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How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.

• Updated: 2 May 2023

Highlighting the new DfT point of contact for the approval of tank inspection bodies.

• Updated: 1 January 2014

How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions

• Overview

  You are responsible for (the ‘operator’ of) a septic tank or sewage…

• Your property has a new discharge

  There are things you must do if your property has a ‘new discharge’ where…

• Your property has an existing discharge

  There are things you must do if your property has an existing discharge…

• General binding rules for septic tanks and small sewage treatment plants

  You must make sure your system meets the ‘general binding rules’ if you’re…

• Apply for a permit

  Only apply for a permit after you have checked: your sewage system is not…

• Your property has a cesspool

  If you have a cesspool then the ‘general binding rules’ do not apply. You…

Information about the project to redevelop Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot, how it will affect the local area and who to contact to make an enquiry.

• Updated: 10 November 2025

The regulations farmers and land managers must follow when storing more than 1,500 litres of agricultural fuel oil, such as red diesel and white diesel.

• Updated: 13 January 2026

Allows the continued use of tanks which are below the minimum thickness required in ADR.

• Updated: 4 August 2021

• Updated: 18 March 2016

Basic profile of the different species of mosquitos that can be found in the UK.

• Updated: 6 March 2025

How to use an underground storage tank safely to minimise the risk to groundwater.

• Updated: 27 January 2017

The approved tank requirements for controlling volatile emissions when petrol is being transported to service stations using road tankers.

• Updated: 26 April 2019