Does your retail or wholesale business require a PPC permit?
Your business may require a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit from your environmental regulator or local council. For example, you will need a permit if your business has a production capacity above a certain level or if you use certain hazardous substances.
If your business is an installation or mobile plant you will need a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit from your environmental regulator.
An installation is a stationary technical unit, such as a self-contained building, permanent structure or fixed plant, used for listed activities.
A mobile plant is plant that can be moved and is used for listed activities.
Listed activities
These are industrial, waste or intensive farming activities that have an impact on the environment and are listed in the PPC regulations. They are split into categories:
- Part A, B and C in Northern Ireland
- Part A and B in Scotland
Listed activities that might be carried out by retail or wholesale businesses include:
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Permit Categories |
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|---|---|---|
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Listed activity |
Northern Ireland |
Scotland |
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dry cleaning clothing or furnishing on your premises using volatile organic compounds (VOCs) |
Part C |
Part B |
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unloading petrol or diesel into stationary storage tanks at a service station, if the total quantity of petrol unloaded is likely to be 500m3 or more in any 12-month period |
Part C |
Part B |
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vehicle refuelling activities at a service station started before 31 December 2009, if the fuelling throughput at the service station is likely to be 3,000 m3 or more in any 12-month period |
Part C |
Part B |
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vehicle refuelling activities at a service station started after 31 December 2009, if the fuelling throughput is likely to be 500m3 or more in any 12-month period |
Part C |
Part B |
What you must do
If your installation or mobile plant carries out listed activities you will need a permit from your environmental regulator.
Permits and regulators for listed activities
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Activity category |
Northern Ireland |
Scotland |
|---|---|---|
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Part A |
PPC permit regulated by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) |
PPC permit regulated by SEPA |
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Part B |
PPC permit regulated the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) |
PPC permit regulated by SEPA |
|
Part C |
PPC permit regulated by local council |
N/A |
Contact your environmental regulator
You should contact your environmental regulator or local council for further information about listed activities. NetRegs does not provide detailed guidance on Part A activities.
If you are unsure whether you are affected by PPC, contact your environmental regulator or local council.
Contact your environmental regulator