Consultation outcome
Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation no 20
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
To see a summary of the comments we received and our responses read the Standard rules consultation no 20: revision of standard rules permits for biowaste treatment – summary of responses document.
We will revise and publish the standard rules permits as set out in our response.
Detail of feedback received
We had 45 responses to the consultation:
- 15 from site operators (one response represented multiple operators)
- 9 from trade associations
- 8 from water companies
- 2 from consultants
- 10 from local authorities, including the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport and the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee
- 1 from a government body
There were no comments from members of the public.
For the detail read the Standard rules consultation no 20: revision of standard rules permits for biowaste treatment – summary of responses document.
Original consultation
Consultation description
We propose to:
- withdraw some rules sets
- merge the existing small scale composting site to one rules set
- revise existing rules sets, including to reduce the number by transposing like for like activity
Documents
Updates to this page
Published 21 October 2019Last updated 2 February 2021 + show all updates
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We have published the Consultation response document.
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We have extended this consultation until 28 February 2020.
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First published.