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List of Standard Rules Environmental Permits

Below is a list of standard environmental permits:

If your activity is in the list below then that's good. Standard permits are generally a lot easier to apply for than bespoke permits, however, you must check to see of your operation meets the general requirements of the permit relating to your operation.

If you would like advice on a permit application please ring the office for a free appraisal.

Keeping/transfer of waste

SR2008No1 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station
SR2008No2 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station
SR2008No3 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment
SR2008No4 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment
SR2008No5 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with asbestos storage
SR2008No6 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with asbestos storage

SR2008No7 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment and asbestos storage
SR2008No8 Household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment and asbestos storage
SR2008No9 Asbestos waste transfer station
SR2008No10 Inert and excavation waste transfer station
SR2008No11 Inert and excavation waste transfer station with treatment
SR2009No5 Inert and excavation waste transfer station, less than 250,000 tonnes per year 
SR2009No6 Inert and excavation waste transfer station with treatment, less than 250,000 tonnes per year

SR2008No24 Clinical waste and healthcare waste transfer station
SR2008No25 Clinical waste and healthcare waste treatment and transfer station

Biological treatment of waste

SR2010No14 Composting biodegradable waste (in open and contained systems)
SR2010No15 Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas
SR2010No16 On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas
SR2010No17 Storage of digestate from anaerobic digestion plants
SR2010No18 Storage and treatment of dredgings for recovery
SR2008No16 Composting in open windrows
SR2008No17 Composting in closed vessels
SR2008No18 Non hazardous mechanical biological (aerobic) treatment facility
SR2008No19 Non-hazardous sludge biological, chemical and physical treatment site
SR2009No4 Combustion of biogas in engines at a sewage treatment works

Metal recovery/scrap metal

SR2008No20 Vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility
SR2008No21 Metal recycling site

SR2008No22 Storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery
SR2008No23 Waste electrical and electronic equipment authorised treatment facility (ATF)
SR2009No7 Storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery, less than 1,000,000 tonnes per year
 
Materials recovery and recycling

SR2008No12 Non-hazardous household waste amenity site
SR2008No13 Non-hazardous and hazardous household waste amenity site
SR2008No14 Materials recycling facility
SR2008No15 Materials recycling facility     

Recovery or use of waste on land

SR2008No27 Mobile plant for the treatment of waste soils and contaminated material, substances or products
SR2009No1 Pet cemetery
SR2010No4 Mobile plant for landspreading
SR2010No5 Mobile plant for the reclamation, restoration or improvement of land
SR2010No6 Mobile plant for landspreading of sewage sludge
SR2010No7 Use of waste in construction (up to 50,000 tonnes of waste)
SR2010No8 Use of waste in construction (up to 100,000 tonnes of waste)
SR2010No9 Use of waste for the reclamation, restoration or improvement of land (up to 50,000 tonnes)  
SR2010No10 Use of waste for the reclamation, restoration or improvement of land (up to 100,000 tonnes)  

Treatment to produce aggregate or construction materials

SR2010No11 Mobile plant for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate
SR2010No12 Treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate (up to 75,000 tonnes)

SR2010No13 Use of waste to manufacture timber or construction products