Updated: Added to ‘details’ section: You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.
These standard rules allow you to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with waste treatment and asbestos storage, provided that the permitted activities are not carried out within:
- 500 metres of a European Site, Ramsar site or Site of Special Scientific Interest
- 50 metres of any well, spring or borehole used for the supply of water for human consumption, including private water supplies
Specified waste must not be treated outside a building within a specified air quality management area.
You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.
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