Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
(EU directive 96/61/EC)

Local Authorities and the Environment Agency regulate the reduction/prevention of emissions from industrial processes to air, land and water. The Environment Agency deals with major polluting industries (known as A1 processes) like power stations and chemical plants. Local Authorities regulate less complex processes (known as A2 and Part B processes) e.g. petrol filling stations, vehicle respraying and dry cleaners.

Processes are described above must hold a permit to operate. The permit relates to the performance of the plant. The permit's main aim is to ensure compliance with EU legislation and sets out standards and conditions to ensure that the environment is protected to the highest possible standard.

Environmental Permitting Regulations

Local Authorities & the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007.

Local Authorities are required to regulate certain types of industries to reduce pollution and in particular improve air quality. The laws include The Pollution Prevention & Control Act 1999 and Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 which together govern Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control and Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control.

The Activities which require a permit can be found in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007. Once a permit has been issued we routinely inspect the activity. All processes are risk assessed and are inspected more frequently.

The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 has replaced the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations so as to bring waste processes (regulated by the EA) into the same regime as industrial processes.

Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC)

Part A2 processes

The Part A2 activities regime is known as Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC). These tend to be less complex than A1 activities.

Regulates emissions to air, land and water and the impacts of noise, waste and energy efficiency.

Part B Processes

Part B activities are those that have less potential to cause pollution and include activities such as vehicle re-spraying, crematoria, small foundries, coating processes and unloading of petrol. The Part B activities regime is known as Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC).

Regulates emissions to air only.

Application Process for Permits

Operators of activities requiring a permit must obtain a permit to operate. The online application form is available by clicking on this link.

An application fee (set by central government) must accompany the application for permit. For the part B and part A2 processes refer to the scale of charges published on the DEFRA web site at: http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/

Permit applications must include a process description, details of emissions sources, methods of control and monitoring and management systems in place to demonstrate that Best Available Techniques (BAT) are being employed in accordance with the current Government Guidance.

Where a business fails to comply with the Regulations, local authorities have the power to serve various types of notice and the power to prosecute. Where possible, however, authorities try to work with the operator to resolve problems.

Guidance General Manual (GGM)

The GGM comprises guidance on the policy and permitting procedures for activities subject to LA-IPPC and LAPPC under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 from 6 April 2008 onwards.

It is statutory guidance to local authority regulators to which they must have regard. It aims to guide firms undertaking or planning to undertake relevant activities on their legal obligations and it is designed to be useful to members of the public interested in industrial pollution control.

click on this link for - Useful Information

Inspection and Compliance Monitoring

All processes are inspected regularly, by the regulating authority to ensure compliance. The frequency of inspection is governed by a method of risk based scoring prescribed by DEFRA.

Public Register

Tendring District Council permit a number of activities within the district, these consist:

petrol filling stations
dry cleaners
vehicle and other resprayers/coatings
bulk cement processes
crematorium
sand drying/coating
mobile plant

Local authorities are required to maintain a public register containing information on all the processes that are permitted by them under Part B or Part A2 of the regulations.

The register is available to members of the public for them to view free of charge at the Council Offices, Thorpe Road, Weeley.

This application is not subject to tacit approval under the European Union Service Directive. The indicative timescale for dealing with the application is proposed to be within 100 days of receipt of a full application. The deadline may be required to be extended, you will be notified of the new deadline and the reason for extending it.