This is to reduce any pollution they may cause and, in particular, to help improve air quality. Businesses which operate these premises must have a
permit.
Permits are issued by the Environment Agency or your local authority (the regulator) depending upon the category your business falls within:
Part A permits control activities with a range of environmental impacts, including:
Part B permits control activities which cause emissions to air.
For local authorities the regulation of Part B activities is known as Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC), and the regulation of A2 activities as Local Authority Industrial Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC). Together they form the Local Authority Pollution Control (LAPC) regime.
The application process
Applications must be made on the form provided by us and must include specified information which will vary depending on the operation. Application and registration forms are available direct from the LAPC section.
If further information is required you will be notified by us and must provide this information or the application will be deemed to be withdrawn.
For waste operations no licence will be granted unless any required planning permission had first been granted.
Applications that are not duly made will normally be returned along with any fee.
We will normally determine the application within four months of receipt (three months for dry cleaners).
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.
As the regulator we may inform the public of the application and must consider any representations.
The application must be from the operator of the regulated facility and the regulator must be satisfied that they must operate the facility in accordance with the environmental permit.
It is in the public interest that the authority must process your application before it can be granted. If you have not heard from us within a reasonable period, please contact us.
How we will notify you
You will be notified in writing of any decisions relating to your application.
Appeals
An applicant who is refused an environmental permit may appeal to the Secretary of State. Appeals must be lodged no later than six months from the date of the decision.
If an application to vary, transfer or surrender an environmental permit has been refused or if the applicant objects to conditions imposed on the environmental permit they may appeal to the Secretary of State.
Appeals must be lodged in relation to a regulator initiated variation, a suspension notice or an enforcement notice, not later than two months from the date of the variation or notice and in any other case not later than six months from the date of the decision.
Compensation may be payable in relation to conditions affecting certain interests in land.
Changes to a permit
Once a permit has been granted there are additional forms available from the LAPC section which must be submitted should an operator request a transfer, variation, or surrender of a permit; or wish to declare a reduced operation.
Waste exemption operation registrations
Operators of equipment which either crushes, grinds or otherwise reduces the size of bricks, tiles or concrete or heats metals and metal alloys for the purpose of removing grease, oil or any other non metallic component that is trivial within the meaning of paragraph 6(3) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations may apply to the local authority for a T7 or T3 exemption registration using the form provided by the LAPC section.
If you are unsure if your operation is deemed to be trivial or not please refer to the Defra guidance.
Fees and charges for environmental permits
Public consultations
For some types of applications, the general public are invited to make comments.
The application and accompanying documents with an application, provide the necessary information to allow the public to make informed comments. These can provide us with facts and views that will help with the final decision regarding the determination of a new application.
Applications that you may wish to view or comment on will be on this page when they are available.
Comments can be made via email to
epteam@Leeds.gov.uk, or in writing to:
Environmental Health Services
Seacroft Ring Road Depot
Seacroft
Leeds
LS14 1NZ
Current consultations
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
Application for a Permit
Skelton Limited Skip Hire and Waste Recycling Services has applied to Leeds City Council for a Schedule 13 permit to operate an installation for a Small Waste Incineration Plant (SWIP) at Skelton Limited Skip Hire and Waste Recycling Services, 46 Knowsthorpe Way, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 0SW. The application contains a description of any foreseeable significant effects of emissions from the installation on the environment. The application has been placed on the public register held at Environmental Health Services, Seacroft Ring Road Depot, Seacroft, Leeds, LS14 1NZ and can be provided free of charge by contacting
epteam@leeds.gov.uk between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Any written comments on the application should be made to the Chief Environmental Health Officer at the above contact address, within 28 days of the date of this advertisement.
Any written comments will be placed on the public register unless they include a statement requesting that this is not done. If there is such a request, the register itself will note that representations have been made which are not on the register because of such a request.
Dated: Monday 12 August 2024
