Environmental Protection issues permits for the operation of certain processes and mobile plant under specific conditions to minimise the release of harmful substances. Conditions are based upon   national industry guidance notes.

The Council deals with processes such as quarries, mobile crushing plant, road stone coating, car paint spraying, unloading petrol at service stations, coating processes that use solvents, styrene and isocyanate use, concrete batching plants, timber and joinery manufacture, waste oil burners and combustion processes.

Other processes are regulated by the Environment Agency. Further general information on this can be found on the following websites:-

1. Defra
2. Environment Agency

Two new pollution control regulatory regimes were introduced under the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. Local Authorities are the regulators for the new regimes, known as:

1. Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC) which covers installations known as A2 installations; and 
2. Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) that covers installations known as Part B installations.

A parallel system, known as Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) that covers installations known as A1 installations, is regulated by the Environment Agency.A number of documents are available to help with applications:-

1. Guidance Notes for LAPPC (Part B) and LA-IPPC (A2) Applications; 
2. A2 permits
   1. A2 application
   2. A2 Surrender
   3. A2 Transfer
   4. A2 Variation
3. Part B Permits
   1. Part B application
   2. Part B Surrender
   3. Part B Transfer
   4. Part B Variation