Environmental permits

You must have an environmental permit if you operate a regulated facility in England or Wales

A regulated facility includes:

  • installations or mobile plants carrying out listed activities
  • waste operations
  • waste mobile plant
  • mining waste operations

Listed activities fall into three categories Part A(1), Part A(2) and Part B and include:

  • energy - burning fuel, gasification, liquification and refining activities
  • metals - manufacturing and processing metals
  • minerals - manufacturing lime, cement, ceramics or glass
  • chemicals - manufacturing chemicals, pharmaceuticals or explosives, storing chemicals in bulk
  • waste - incinerating waste, operating landfills, recovering waste
  • solvents - using solvents
  • other - manufacturing paper, pulp and board, treating timber products, coating, treating textiles and printing, manufacturing new tyres, intensive pig and poultry farming

Part A permits control activities with a range of environmental impacts, including:

  • emissions to air, land and water
  • energy efficiency
  • waste reduction
  • raw materials consumption
  • noise, vibration and heat
  • accident prevention

Part B permits control activities which cause emissions to air.

The permit your business requires depends on the specific processes involved and resulting emissions.

Depending upon the category your business falls into, your permits will granted by either the Environment Agency or by us (the regulator):

  • Part A(1) installations or mobile plants are regulated by the Environment Agency
  • Part A(2) and Part B installations or mobile plants are regulated by us, except waste operations carried out at Part B installations which are regulated by the Environment Agency
  • Waste operations or waste mobile plant carried on other than at an installation, or by Part A or Part B mobile plants, are regulated by the Environment Agency
  • Mining waste operations are regulated by the Environment Agency

Public Register of Environmental Permits
According to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, local authorities are required to maintain a Public Register containing information relating to the environmental permits issued and regulated by the local authority. The current public register of environmental permit holders is listed below. Additional information about the permits listed on the register may be requested by contacting the freedom of information team [email protected]

List of active environmental permit holders:

  • LAIPPC001 - Wessex Galvanizers Ltd, Tower Industrial Estate, Tower Lane, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 5NZ
  • LAPPC002 - Heidelberg Materials Ltd, School Lane, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hants, SO53 3DG
  • LAPPC005 - HI-Tech Surface Treatments Ltd, Unit B Deacon Trading Estate, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 6RP
  • LAPPC006 - Prysmian Cables and Systems Limited, PO BOX 30, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 5XA
  • LAPPC012 - VFS Southampton Ltd, Unit 8, Barton Park Ind. Est., Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, SO50 5PR
  • LAPPC014 - BP Oil UK Limited, BP Oil Terminal Hamble, Hamble Lane Depot, Hamble Lane, Hamble, Southampton, SO31 4NR
  • LAPPC015 - Tesco Stores Ltd, Tesco Express Twyford Rd, 138 Twyford Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 4HN
  • LAPPC016 - Asda Stores Limited, Asda Chickenhall Service Station, Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 6AF
  • LAPPC018 - Asda Stores Limited, Asda Service Station, Bournemouth Road, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, SO53 3YJ
  • LAPPC020 - Sainsburys Shared Services, Sainsburys Service Station, Tollbar Way, Hedge End, Hampshire, SO30 2UH
  • LAPPC021 - Tesco Stores Ltd, Tesco Hamble, Hamble Lane, Bursledon, Hampshire, SO31 8GN
  • LAPPC022 - NIRU Services Ltd, Eastleigh Service Station, 109 Southampton Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 5QT
  • LAPPC023 - JP&S Services ltd T/A Horton Heath Service Station, Botley Road, Horton Heath, Hampshire, SO50 7DN
  • LAPPC025 - Shell UK Oil Products Limited, Shell Winchester Road, 130 Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, SO53 2DS
  • LAPPC026 - Tesco Stores Ltd, Tesco Express Fair Oak, Winchester Road, Fair Oak, Hampshire, SO50 7HD
  • LAPPC027 - EG On The Move Ltd, Southampton (West End) Service Station (EG On The Move), Swaythling Road, West End, Hampshire, SO30 3AG
  • LAPPC028 - Asda Stores Limited, Asda Express Botley (Former Coop), Grange Road, Botley, Hampshire, SO30 2FU
  • LAPPC029 - Shell UK Oil Products Limited, Monksbrook Service Station, 147 Passfield Avenue, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9HN
  • LAPPC030 - Go South Coast Ltd, Hants and Dorset Paint, Unit 4J Barton Park Industrial Estate, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 6RR
  • LAPPC032 - Peter A. Bryant (Professional Dry Cleaner) Ltd., Hedge End, 1 St Johns Centre, Hedge End, Southampton, Hants, SO30 4QU
  • LAPPC038 - Crematoria Management Ltd, Wessex Vale Crematorium, Bubb Lane, West End, Eastleigh, Hants, SO30 2HL
  • LAPPC039 - Holcim UK Ltd, Eastleigh Depot, Tower Ind Estate, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 6NZ
  • LAPPC043 - CWM Aggregates Ltd, Mortimers Lane, Fair Oak, Southampton, SO50 7BT
  • MLAPPC002-8 - K & B Crushers, Boxwood House, Winchester Road, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50 7HD

Eligibility Criteria     
The application must be made by the operator of the regulated facility.

Applications must be made on the form that we provide and must include specified information (varying on the operation). A fee may also be payable.

If further information is required we will notify you and you must provide this information or the application will be deemed to be withdrawn.

For waste operations a licence will not be granted unless any required planning permission had first been granted.

Regulation Summary
A summary of the regulation relating to this licence

Application Evaluation Process
We will pay regard to the protection of the environment taken as a whole by, in particular, preventing or, where that is not practicable, reducing emissions into the air, water and land.

We may inform the public of the application and must consider any representations.