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Environmental Permitting Regulations - Waste Sites

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
18 September 2026
Topic
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Summary

A waste management licence is a legal document issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. A licence authorises the treatment keeping or disposal of waste in or on the land. Once we have issued a licence neither the activities nor the area of land may be changed unless the licence is modified. The Environmental Permitting Regulations regulating waste sites came into force on 6 April 2008. The new regime combines a number of earlier permitting / licensing regimes. Other related datasets available are:

  • Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC)
  • Authorised Treatment Facilities (End of Life Vehicles)
  • Water Quality and Pollution Control (Discharge Consents)
  • Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment (WEEE)EPR Waste is the table for granted permits. EPR Waste Applications holds details of applications that did not or have not yet resulted in a permit or permit variation. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2021. All rights reserved.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
16 September 2026
Harvest GUID
6156c761-d465-11e4-9764-f0def148f590
Extent (Latitude)
55.816° to 49.943°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
1996-01-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2026-04-01
Frequency of update
daily
Access constraints
1. Notwithstanding the fact that the standard wording of the Environment Agency Conditional Licence indicates that it is perpetual, this Licence has a limited duration of one year at the end of which it will terminate automatically without notice. 2.1. The Information contains some data that we believe is within the definition of “personal data” under the Data Protection Act 1998 but we consider that we will not be in breach of the Act if we disclose it to you with conditions set out in this condition and the condition above. This personal data comprises information relating to individuals, or to sites operated by an individual or partnership of individuals. 2.2 Under the Act a person who holds and uses or passes to others personal data is responsible for any compliance with the Act and so we have no option but to warn you that this means you have responsibility to check that you are compliant with the Act in respect of this personal data.
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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Licence information

Environment Agency Conditional Licence (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence), 1. Notwithstanding the fact that the standard wording of the Environment Agency Conditional Licence indicates that it is perpetual, this Licence has a limited duration of one year at the end of which it will terminate automatically without notice.\n2.1. The Information contains some data that we believe is within the definition of \u201cpersonal data\u201d under the Data Protection Act 1998 but we consider that we will not be in breach of the Act if we disclose it to you with conditions set out in this condition and the condition above. This personal data comprises information relating to individuals, or to sites operated by an individual or partnership of individuals. \n2.2 Under the Act a person who holds and uses or passes to others personal data is responsible for any compliance with the Act and so we have no option but to warn you that this means you have responsibility to check that you are compliant with the Act in respect of this personal data.