Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC)
Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) is a regulatory regime for controlling pollution from certain industrial activities. From 6 April 2008 it has been incorporated into the framework of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR). Details of EPR can be found on the Environmental Permitting Programme web page. See background for further information about PPC.
Latest news
5 March 2010 – The bi-annual Additional Guidance note (AQ 01(10)) showing categories of industrial process regulated by Local Authorities in England and Wales was published today.
3 March 2010 – The charging scheme for local authority environmental regulation of industrial plant was issued today
4 January 2010 – The Quarterly Bulletin for October – December 2010 was issued today
16 December 2009 – The results of the Local Authority Pollution Control Statistical Survey for 2008/09 were published today
Quarterly newsletter
* The quarterly newsletter provides information on developments over the last three months and anticipated developments.
Contacts
* Contact details (PDF 30 KB)
The regulators
The industrial activities caught by the PPC element of the Environmental Permitting Regulations are split into three categories and are regulated by two different regulators:
* Part A(1) – The Environment Agency
The Environment Agency regulates what is considered to be the most polluting of the three industrial categories, A(1) activities. These are regulated for multi-media emissions such as air, land, water and other environmental considerations.
* Part A(2) and Part B – Local authorities
Local authorities regulate the comparatively less polluting Part A(2) activities (multi-media regulation) and the lesser polluting Part B activities (these are regulated for emissions to air only).
Links
* Office of Public Sector Information – legislation
* The Environment Agency (England and Wales)
* The European Commission
* The European IPPC Bureau
* The Scottish Executive
* The Scottish Environment Protection Agency
* The Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland
* Northern Ireland Environment Agency
* DOE Northern Ireland Industrial Pollution pages
* The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG)
* Local Government Association
* info4local.gov.uk
* Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
* Environmental Protection UK
* LACORS
Old and closed PPC consultations
A small number of closed consultations have been temporarily retained for reference while the issues they addressed are still live or in their implementation phase
