The City of London has a specialist team of Environmental
Health, Scientific and Technical Officers who are responsible for
enforcing standards and offering advice to businesses and the
public on a wide range of pollution and housing issues. These
include:-
Complaints of nuisance and general public health problems are
dealt with by the Team through inspection, advice and the service
of Abatement Notices where necessary. Any Abatement Notices making
requirements as to the prohibition (or recurrence) of nuisances are
monitored for compliance and appropriate action is taken to enforce
those requirements and bring breaches of these notices to legal
proceedings.
The provisions of the Clean Air Act 1993 and the Environmental
Protection Act 1990 are administered in relation to the control of
smoke and nuisance, the regulation of chimney heights and the
Authorisation of scheduled processes.
Environment award
The City of London is subject to a large amount of construction
related activity. A Code of Construction Practice for
Deconstruction and Construction Sites has been developed to ensure
that activities are undertaken in a way that has minimal impact
upon the environment. The code details standards and best practice
that should be followed by all contractors.
The City of London Corporation is keen to reward innovation in
the industry and encourage activities that push the boundaries of
environmental responsibility. The Considerate Contractors scheme
now has an Environment Award which recognises such achievement.
The City is looking for examples of innovation in any of the
following areas:
- Noise and Dust Control
- Energy and Carbon Reduction
- Air Pollution Control
- Waste Management
- Land Contamination
- Sustainability
For further information or advice please contact:
Tel +44 (0)20 7332 3630
Fax +44 (0)20 7332 1623
Email
DES-Enquiries@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Pollution prevention and control
Local Authorities and the Environment Agency regulate industrial
processes to ensure the reduction and prevention of emissions to
air, water and land.
The legislation controlling these emissions has changed
recently. New legislation has now been introduced through the
Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) Regulations, which are
slowly replacing the previous schemes of Integrated Pollution
Control (IPC) and Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC).
The PPC Regulations introduce three separate, but linked,
systems of pollution control;
- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) – covers
installations known as A(1) installations, for example a Power
Station, which are regulated by the
Environment Agency
- Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
(LA-IPPC) – covers installations known as A(2) installations, for
example large scale glass manufacturing, regulated by local
authorities.
- Local Authority Pollution Prevention Control (LAPPC) – covers
installations known as Part B Installations, for example, dry
cleaners, local authorities also regulate these. These conditions
extend only to emissions to air.
All three systems require the operators of certain industrial
and other installations to obtain a permit to operate. Once an
operator has submitted a permit application, the regulator then
decides whether to issue a permit. If one is issued, it will
include conditions aimed at reducing and preventing pollution to
acceptable levels.
Part A1 and A2 installations
There are no 'Part A' processes in The City of London although
there is a gas fired power station in Smithfield (within the London
borough of Islington) and this has a small contribution to air
quality in The City. These regimes have a wider scope of control
than the previous regimes, and include the regulation of air,
water, land, odour, waste, energy, accident prevention, noise and
vibrations.
Part B installations
The City is responsible for permitting and inspecting all Part B
installations. Part B installations are those that have the
potential to cause air pollution only and include activities such
as:
- dry cleaning
- vehicle re-sprayers
- furniture manufacture
- cement batching plants, and
- petrol stations and the uploading of petrol
There are three Part B installations currently operating that
hold a LAPPC permit. The permit places limitations on the level of
emissions into the atmosphere. These are outlined in the table
below:
Permit holders for Part B installations in the
City
| Company |
Address |
Activity |
Emissions to air |
| City Slickers |
34-36 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7AT |
Dry Cleaning Installation |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
| City Slickers |
57-60 Aldgate High Street, London, EC3N 1AL |
Dry Cleaning Installation |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
| City Clean |
24 Goswell Road, London, EC1M 7AA |
Dry Cleaning Installation |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
Dry cleaners
Recently, new legislation, the Solvent Emissions Regulations
2004 (SED Regs) has been introduced to limit further emissions of
VOCs through the use of organic solvents. This gives effects to
European Directive 1999/13/EC, which is commonly referred to as the
Solvent Emissions Directive.
All new dry cleaning installations using organic solvents (in
particular perchloroethylene (PER), hydrocarbon solvent (HSC) and
siloxane) must have a permit before operations commence. However,
if a business opened before 1 April 2001 it must have completed an
application form by the 31 October 2006, to ensure compliance with
the requirements of the SED Regulations/PPC Regulations by 31
October 2007.
Public register
The City maintains a register of all authorised processes in The
City. This register can be viewed Monday to Friday during normal
office hours at:
City of London
Department of Environmental Services
PO Box 270
Guildhall London
EC2P 2EJ
Tel 020 7332 3630
Fax 020 7332 1316
Email
There is no charge for accessing the public register. Any
photocopying of information will incur an administration
charge.
Further information and guidance
Further information and guidance on the pollution prevention and
control regimes is available through the relevant sections on the
“Pollution Prevention and Control” page on the
Defra website.