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Local Authority Environmental Permits

Environmental Permitting Regulations

Environmental Permits are issued to industrial processes that are potentially polluting to land, air or water. The permits set conditions to which the industrial process must comply.

The current legislation for the control of industry emissions are the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Industries which are regulated under the legislation fall into one of three categories depending on the nature and size of the business.

The category an industrial process falls into depends on the nature of the emissions being controlled and the size of the process.

Categories

A1 and A2 permits regulate emissions to air, land and water and noise and energy efficiency. Part B permits regulate emissions to air.

Torfaen County Borough Council currently regulate 18 Part B processes and 1 Part A2 processes.

Environmental Permit Public Register

Torfaen County Borough Council must make a Public Register available providing information relating to Environmental Permits issued.

Below is a list of current permits. The links allow you to view the permit for each site.

Environmental Permit Applications

Applications for Environmental Permits to Torfaen County Borough Council are open to public consultation for 28 days.

If you wish to comment on a current application, please email your comments to us, stating the application name you are commenting on.

  • There are no current applications.

Public Health

01633 648009
public.health@torfaen.gov.uk