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Opra

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
6 July 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

UPDATE: The Opra scheme has now been withdrawn and 2017 was the last published year for Opra profiles. However we still use compliance ratings which affect subsistence charges. A new record has been created with compliance rating data called Compliance Ratings (Waste and Installations) which will hold this data from 2014 onwards. The datasets available are for 2014 to 2017 full Opra profiles and the 2015 to 2017 Opra compliance ratings from the resource links. Opra (Operational Risk Appraisals) covers industrial process installations and waste operations. Opra scores categorise the environmental risk of installations and waste operations by assessing them on the basis of

  • Complexity (A-E)
  • Emissions and inputs (A-E)
  • Location (A-E)
  • Operator performance (A-E)
  • Compliance (calculated annually) (A-F) A being the lowest risk category. E/F being the highest risk category. Total risk is a numeric score calculated by summing the five attributes. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved.

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
2016_Full_opra_profiles_dataset.zip ZIP 6/7/2026
2017_Full_opra_profiles_dataset.zip ZIP 6/7/2026
2015_Full_opra_profiles_dataset.zip ZIP 6/7/2026
2014_Full_opra_profiles_dataset.zip ZIP 6/7/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
13 April 2026
Harvest GUID
67c7569e-d465-11e4-9c47-f0def148f590
Extent (Latitude)
55.8° to 50°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.7° to 1.8°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2000-01-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2026-04-13
Frequency of update
annually
Access constraints
Special conditions: 1. You may use the Information for your internal or personal purposes and may only sublicense others to use it if you do so under a written licence which includes the terms of these conditions and the agreement and in particular may not allow any period of use longer than the period licensed to you. 2. The period of permitted use is one year. 3. We have restricted use of the Information as a result of legal restrictions placed upon us to protect the rights or confidentialities of others. If you contact us in writing (this includes email) we will, as far as confidentiality rules allow, provide you with details including, if available, how you might seek permission from a third party to extend your use rights. 4. This condition does not apply if use is limited to use that is authorised by any statute or use that does not require a licence from us.
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

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Licence information

Environment Agency Conditional Licence (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence), Special conditions:\n1. You may use the Information for your internal or personal purposes and may only sublicense others to use it if you do so under a written licence which includes the terms of these conditions and the agreement and in particular may not allow any period of use longer than the period licensed to you.\n2. The period of permitted use is one year.\n3. We have restricted use of the Information as a result of legal restrictions placed upon us to protect the rights or confidentialities of others. If you contact us in writing (this includes email) we will, as far as confidentiality rules allow, provide you with details including, if available, how you might seek permission from a third party to extend your use rights.\n4. This condition does not apply if use is limited to use that is authorised by any statute or use that does not require a licence from us.