Use the following guidance to help you complete your application and comply with the conditions of your environmental permit.
Our guidance
‘How to Comply with your Environmental Permit’ contains general guidance on complying with permit conditions. You can download a copy of 'How to Comply' on our generic guidance page:
Sector technical guidance
We have produced a technical guidance note specific to the waste incineration sector:
Guidance for co-incineration activities in the cement or combustion sectors is available from:
Additional guidance for the incineration of clinical waste is available from:
The waste incineration Best Available Techniques (BAT) reference notes of the European IPPC Bureau can be accessed at the following link:
Horizontal guidance
The horizontal guidance provides information relevant to all sectors regulated under EPR. It includes information on noise, odour, energy efficiency, and protection of land.
Regulatory guidance
Regulatory guidance notes are Environment Agency guidance on policy and legal interpretation issues associated with implementing the Environmental Permitting Regulations. You will find 'RGN No.2 Understanding the meaning of regulated facility' particularly useful:
Making an application
There is one application form, which must be used to apply for a new bespoke or standard permit or to vary, transfer or surrender your permit. Guidance on how to complete the form is provided:
Environmental permitting (EP) charges
Our Environmental Permitting charges pages explain how much a permit will cost:
Operational Risk Appraisal (Opra)
To find out how we assess the environmental risk of an EPR site operation, visit our Opra page. We use the output from Opra to work out charges and for planning our permitting and compliance activity:
Environmental Permitting Regulations
Information to help you understand the wider regulatory framework:
Government guidance
Defra has produced a series of guidance documents.These include 'Core Environmental Permitting Guidance', which describes the general permitting and compliance requirements:
Defra has also produced guidance on how the Waste Incineration Directive will be delivered through the Environmental Permitting Regulations:
