Statutory guidance

Local Authority Pollution Control: general guidance manual

How local authorities can issue permits to businesses that produce pollution and regulate those business premises.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 26 April 2017

Documents

General guidance manual: policy and procedures for A2 and B installations Part 1

PDF, 1.43 MB, 269 pages

General guidance manual: policy and procedures for A2 and B installations Part 2

PDF, 1.73 MB, 172 pages

General guidance manual: application forms, specimen notices and consultation letter

PDF, 788 KB, 158 pages

Details

Local authorities who regulate businesses are usually district or borough councils. If an area has only one council (a unitary council) then that’s the regulator. The Port Health Authority may be the regulator in port areas.

This guidance helps local authorities:

• follow statutory guidance under regulation 64 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR)
• understand the EPR’s main functions, procedures and terminology

Any businesses whose premises produce pollution are known as “installations”. These installations are one of the following:

• part A2, sectors regulated under integrated pollution prevention and control, known as Local Authority Industrial Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC)
• part B, known as Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC)

You can read more about the charging schemes for these permits:

• part A(2) Installations and Small Waste Incineration Plant (Fees and Charges) (England) Scheme 2017
• part B Installations and Mobile Plant and Solvent Emission Activities (Fees and Charges) (England) Scheme 2017

Published 26 April 2017