Statutory guidance: SR2015 No 5: household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station (no building)

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 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.




Statutory guidance: SR2015 No 15: 75kte WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances

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

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.




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 17: 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 and to 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 5,000 tonnes a year.

These rules will not permit the burning of any wastes:

  • in the open
  • inside buildings
  • 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 11: household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment and asbestos storage

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 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

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.