Environmental Permitting
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 introduced measures to
reduce and control emissions to air, land and water from specified
industrial processes, through a legislative regime by the issuing
of 'authorisations' for these processes. Responsibility for issuing
and regulating the authorisations was split between Local
Authorities and the Environment Agency.
The regulation for these processes was revised with the
introduction of the Pollution, Prevention and Control Act 1999, and
more recently the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)
Regulations 2010. Now the operators of specified installations are
required to obtain a permit to operate, from the appropriate
enforcing authority. Detailed conditions are attached to the
permits on the operation of the process and may set limits to
minimise the emission of pollutants to the environment and require
regular monitoring of emissions by the enforcement authority.
The processes requiring a permit are detailed in both the
Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Environmental Permitting
Regulations 2010. See the Government
Legislation website.
All industrial processes with the potential to cause pollution
must have a permit, either from the Environment Agency (Part A1
processes) or the local authority (Part A2 and Part B
processes).
It is illegal to operate a process without the operator
holding a permit.
All the processes are regularly inspected to ensure that they
are meeting their operating conditions.
Dover District Council has issued permits for a number of
processes including:
- vehicle re-sprayers
- waste oil burners
- cement works
- mobile crushing plant
- Petrol Vapour Recovery permits for petrol stations.
Public Register
The council hold a public register of the licences issued which
is available here:
A copy of the register is available to view at the Council
Offices during office hours or by request. Please
contact the Environmental Protection Team to make an
appointment if you wish to view the Public Register.
Further information regarding the Environmental Permitting
regime can be obtained from the Environmental Protection Team tel
01304 872428 or by contacting the Department for Environment Food
and Rural Affairs www.defra.gov.uk.
Applications and Fees
There are fees and charges associated with the
processing of applications, Variations to Permits, substantial
change Variations, Permit surrender and Permit transfers. These
charges are dependant on the installation type. For more
information please refer to the
DEFRA LAPPC Charges Table.
Further Information
This authority is moving to providing the provision for
online applications via Businesslink.
Contact
Tel: 01304 872428
E-mail: envhealth@dover.gov.uk
