Guidance

Environmental permitting guidance: Core guidance

Comprehensive help for those operating, regulating or interested in facilities that are covered by the Environmental Permitting regulations.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 7 March 2013
• Last updated: 15 April 2020 — See all updates

Documents

EP Core guidance for the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Ref: PB13897

PDF, 665 KB, 93 pages

Details

This guidance aims to provide comprehensive help for those operating, regulating or interested in facilities that are covered by the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1154.

It describes the main provisions of the Regulations and sets out how the Regulations should be applied and how particular terms should be interpreted in England and Wales. It also explains where to go for more help.

Further information

• Environmental permitting

Published 7 March 2013

Last updated 15 April 2020 + show all updates

1. 15 April 2020

   Guidance document updated - moved to new template; update to Chapter 9; and minor updates to legislative references in rest of document. Deletion of Annex 2.

2. 7 March 2013

   First published.