Environmental Permits

Date updated: 14/08/2023

Do you need an Environmental Permit?

Any industrial activities which contribute to air pollution by releasing smoke, dust, or solvent fumes require environmental permits, as detailed in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

Industrial processes are categorised in one of three classes and are regulated by the Local Authority or Environment Agency to ensure that they are maintaining best practice and minimising pollution emissions.

If you intend to operate a process that requires a Part B or Part A2 authorisation, you will need a permit. Check here to find out if you need an environmental permit. Please contact the Air Quality Team.

Part A1 processes

Part A1 processes are very large, heavily polluting operations such as power stations. These are regulated by the Environment Agency. There is one Part A1 process in the City of London:

Broadgate Data Centre, UBS AG, 5 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QY. Permit number EPR/ZP3238DK

Please visit the EA public register for further information.

Part B and A2 processes

Local authorities are responsible for regulating around 80 different types of industrial processes including:

dry cleaning
vehicle respraying
furniture manufacture
cement batching
petrol stations

Part A2 processes are regulated by local authorities for a range of multi-media emissions (land, air, water). This regulatory system is known as Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC).

Part B processes are regulated by local authorities for emissions to air only and is known as Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC).

There are two Part B regulated processes in the City of London. They are listed in the table.


Reference	Operator	Address	Date of issue
04/DC/CL	Four Seasons	10 Trinity Square London EC3N 4AJ	12 April 2019
EPR/B/001	Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil Limited	St Bartholomew's Hospital West Smithfield London EC1A 7BE	22 December 2020

Further information on the Part B processes listed above is available through The City of London Corporation public register.