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Step by Step Guide for an Environmental Permit Application

number 1 Find Out which Permit You Need

First things first, look through a list of environmental permits and see which one best fits your activity, are some permits descriptions are quiet obvious, for if you are windrow composting the you will probably need an open windrow composting permit. Some operation may require a bespoke permit.

However if you have a yards where you sort segregated rubbish, before it is sent of site for further treatment what kind of permit is that? Waste Transfer Environmental Permit but depending on your waste types and the how the site is operated would it count as an SR2008No1 or an SR2008No2?

You may only need an exemption.
Assess you Operation

It could be that your operation has grown to the point where compliance with an environmental permit is required, or it may be that you are setting up a new business. Either way upon application for a permit it is a good opportunity to look over the environmental risk of your operation. What can be changed to increase you chances of be granted and environmental permit.

Look around you site and imagine your self in the shoes of the environment agency, what do you think they might pick up on, that leaky oil tank, the amount of litter blowing around, your lack of a perimeter fence?

By checking off the requirements of the permit with what you actually have before the Environment Agency becomes involved shows that you are proactive and may well ensure that your permit application is successful.		 number 2
number 3 Prepare and Submit your Application

After you have made sure that your site meets the requirements of the environmental permit it is time to start preparing your application. Fill in the Forms, and submit your supporting documents with the application.

The application process may take considerable time from start to finish, with various consultation etc, so expect the process from start to finish to take around 3 or more months.

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