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Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.

• Updated: 1 September 2022

The emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying.

• Updated: 28 December 2022

How ‘quiet deliveries’ can improve roads by allowing deliveries to be made outside of normal delivery hours using methods to reduce noise and disturbances.

• Updated: 25 March 2015

Guidance on how to do detailed air quality modelling for specified generators.

• Updated: 27 March 2023

How you must report on sustainability for biomass and biogas electricty generation, if you generate over 50KW.

• Updated: 22 January 2013

Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.

• Updated: 22 July 2019

The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.

• Updated: 20 January 2025

Legal noise limits for on and off-road vehicles, and what to do if you're affected by road, rail or aircraft noise

This guide explains how impacts on noise should be incorporated into a cost benefit analysis.

• Updated: 19 December 2014

How the new nuclear power station programme is supported through skills development, investment, regulatory justification and the work of the independent nuclear regulators.

• Updated: 15 February 2016