Statutory guidance: SR2015 No 23: treatment of waste wood for recovery

Updated: Added to ‘details’ section: You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

These standard rules allow you to store and treat waste wood at a specified location. Permitted wastes do not include hazardous wastes.

The total quantity of waste you can store and treat under these standard rules is no more than 5,000 tonnes per year.

These standard rules do 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.




Statutory guidance: SR2015 No 21: 75kte materials recycling facility

Updated: Added to ‘details’ section: You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

These standard rules allow you to operate a materials recycling facility 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
  • 50m 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.




Statutory guidance: SR2015 No 16: metal recycling site

Updated: Added to ‘details’ section: You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location.

Using hand-held equipment only, these rules permit the following activities for ferrous metals or alloys and non-ferrous metals for recovery:

  • sorting
  • separation
  • grading
  • shearing
  • baling
  • compacting
  • granulating of cables
  • cutting

The total quantity of waste that can be accepted at a site under these rules must be less than 25,000 tonnes a year.

The rules will not permit the burning of any waste, 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.




Statutory guidance: SR2015 No 13: 75kte vehicle storage depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility

Updated: Added to ‘details’ section: You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

These standard rules allow you to operate a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location, provided that the permitted activities are not carried out within 200 metres of a:

  • European Site
  • Ramsar site
  • Site of Special Scientific Interest

The activities must not be carried out within:

  • Groundwater Source Protection Zone 1
  • 50m 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.




Statutory guidance: SR2015 No 14: 75kte metal recycling site

Updated: Added to ‘details’ section: You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location, provided that the permitted activities are not carried out within:

  • 500 metres of a European Site, Ramsar site or Site of Special Scientific Interest
  • 50m 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.