These standard rules allow you to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station and asbestos storage, provided that the permitted activities are not carried out within:

• 200 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

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling site and a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location.

These rules will permit the sorting, separation, grading, shearing, baling, compacting, granulating of cables and cutting using hand-held equipment only, of ferrous metals or alloys and non-ferrous metals for recovery as well as the recovery (including storage) of all waste motor vehicles.

The total quantity of waste that can be accepted at a site under these rules must be less than:

• 25,000 tonnes a year of waste metal
• 5,000 tonnes a year of waste motor vehicles

The rules will not permit the burning of any wastes, either in the open, inside buildings or in any form of incinerator.

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with waste treatment at a specified location.

The permitted activities must not be 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 cannot be treated outside a building within a specified air quality management area.

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station at a specified location, provided that the permitted activities are not carried out within:

• 200 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
• 200 metres of any residential dwelling or workplace

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) authorised treatment facility at a specified location. The total quantity of waste that can be accepted at a site under these rules must be less than 75,000 tonnes a year.

The rules will not permit the treatment of WEEE containing ozone depleting substances – they can be accepted for storage only.

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.