Annex VI Content of Applications
This annex relates to chapters 6 and 7 of the Manual
Specimen application forms
Specimen application forms for LA-IPPC and LAPPC installations can be found in Part C of the Manual, with Word versions on the Defra website on the link below:
A2 applications
Chapter 3 says that any form provided by a local authority must require the applicant to provide the information specified in Article 6(1) of the !PPC Directive, although in the case of mobile plant the fourth indent of Article 6(1) should be ignored. (The fourth indent asks for information about the site of the installation.) If an operator provides the information set out in (a)-(p) below, his/her application ought to meet the requirements of Article 6(1). The paragraph numbers below are as per Schedule 4 of the PPC Regulations for the sake of continuity, although some of the wording has needed slight amendment.
In paragraph (b), that the grid reference is no longer specified, so long as the postcode is provided, since a grid reference can be readily found by anyone who needs it through on-line resources such as http://www.multimap.com 
http://www.streetmap.co.uk and www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . There may be cases, such as for dry cleaners, where it will not be worth providing a location map in addition to the address of the premises. In most cases, however, a map with a line round the installation will be needed
Paragraph (c) only applies to mobile plant; and paragraph (d) does not apply to any incineration or co-incineration activity falling in Part A2 of Section 5.1 of Schedule 1; and at the time of publication of this revised Manual in January 2008 paragraph (m) does not apply because no general binding rules have been introduced for LA-IPPC or LAPPC installations.
A2 and Part B Solvent Emissions Directive applications
Two additional matters should be addressed in the application – see ‘Solvent Emission Directive’ heading near the end of this annex.
A2 waste incineration plant
Five additional matters should be addressed in the application – see ‘waste incineration directive’ heading near the end of this annex.
Part B applications (other than small waste oil burners and dry cleaning activities)
The same information should be provided for Part B applications, but NOT paragraphs (f), (j), (oo) and (p). In the case of activities falling only in Section 7 of Schedule 1, paragraph (d) does not apply. Paragraph (g) must be read as referring only to air emissions. The process guidance (PG) notes for small waste oil burners, dry cleaners, petrol stations, and most vehicle refinishing installations include specimen applications.
Part B applications: small waste oil burners
The application should be the same as for other Part B activities, but for these waste oil burners with a rated thermal input of less than 0.4 MW, paragraphs (e)–(h) must be substituted with four new paragraphs – see ‘small waste oil burners’ heading near the end of this annex.
Part B applications: dry cleaning activities
The application should be the same as for other Part B activities, but for these dry cleaning activities, paragraphs (e)–(h) must be substituted with four new paragraphs – see ‘dry cleaners’ heading near the end of this annex.
Further information
Under paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the EP Regulations, if a local authority considers it needs further information to determine an application that has been duly-made, the authority can serve a notice which must specify what the further information is and when the information must be provided by. If the operator fails to provide the further information or fails to provide it by the specified date, a local authority can serve a notice, which must refer to paragraph 4(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 5, that the application is deemed to have been withdrawn on the day on which this second notice is served, and that the applicant is not entitled to the return of any fee which accompanied the application. There is a right of appeal in relation to the second notice and its effect.
Paragraphs (a)-(p)
As stated above, if an operator provides the information set out in (a)-(p), his/her application ought to meet the requirements of Article 6(1) of the IPPC Directive.
(a) the name of the applicant, his or her telephone number and address (including post code) and, if different, any address to which correspondence relating to the application should be sent and, if the applicant is a body corporate, its registered number, the address of its registered or principal office and, if that body corporate is a subsidiary of a holding company (within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006), the name of the ultimate holding company and the address of its registered or principal office;
(b) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an installation or Part A mobile plant, the address of the site of the installation or mobile plant, a map or plan showing that site and, in the case of an installation, the location of the installation on that site, and the name of any local authority in whose area the site is situated;
(c) in the case of an application for a permit to operate a mobile plant, the name of the local authority in whose area the applicant has his principal place of business and the address of that place of business or, where the operator of the mobile plant has his principal place of business outside of England and Wales, the name of the local authority in whose area the plant was first operated or, where the plant has not been operated in England and Wales, the local authority in whose area it is intended by the operator that the plant will first be operated;
(d) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an A2 installation or mobile plant, a site report;
(e) a description of the installation or mobile plant, the activities listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the EP Regulations to be carried out in the installation or by means of the mobile plant, and, in the case of an installation, any other directly-associated activities to be carried out on the same site as the installation which will have a technical connection with those listed activities and which could have an effect on pollution;
(f) the raw and auxiliary materials and other substances and the energy to be used in or generated by the carrying out of the activities referred to in paragraph (e);
(g) the nature, quantities and sources of foreseeable emissions from the installation or mobile plant into each environmental medium, and a description of any foreseeable significant effects of the emissions on the environment;
(h) the proposed technology and other techniques for preventing or, where that is not practicable, reducing emissions from the installation or mobile plant;
(i) the proposed measures to be taken to monitor the emissions;
(j) a description of the measures to be taken for the prevention and recovery of waste generated by the operation of the installation or mobile plant;
(k) a description of any proposed additional measures to be taken to comply with the general principles set out in Chapter 4 of this Manual (paragraph 4.24);
(l) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an A2 installation, any relevant information obtained or conclusion arrived at in relation to the installation pursuant to articles 5, 6 and 7 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (This applies where an environmental impact statement has been required);
(m) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an installation or mobile plant covered by general binding rules, a statement as to whether the applicant wishes the aspects of the operation of the installation or mobile plant covered by the requirements in the rules to be subject to those requirements instead of installation-specific permit conditions;
(n) in the case of an application for a permit that will authorise the carrying out of a waste operation or waste mobile plant, any information which the applicant wishes the regulator to take into account when considering the operator’s technical competence;
(o) any additional information which the applicant wishes the local authority to take into account in considering the application;
(oo) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an A2 installation, an outline of the main alternatives, if any, studies by the applicant (this is a Public Participation Directive requirement);
(p) a non-technical summary of the information referred to in the previous sub-paragraphs.
Solvent Emission Directive
The applications must also include a description of the measures which are envisaged to guarantee that the installation is designed, equipped and will be operated in such a manner that the requirements of the SED are met. This must include
- where the operator wishes to use a reduction scheme, details of the proposed scheme
- where the SED installation uses a substance or preparation which is assigned or needs to carry risk phrases R45, 46, 49, 60 or 61, a timetable for replacing as far as possible such substance or preparation by a less harmful substance or preparation within the shortest possible time.
Waste Incineration Directive
The application must also include a description of the measures which are envisaged to guarantee that
- the plant is designed, equipped and will be operated in such a manner that the requirements of the Waste Incineration Directive, taking into account the categories of waste to be incinerated;
- the heat generated during the incineration and co-incineration process is recovered as far as practicable, for example through combined heat and power, the generating of process steam or district heating;
- the residues will be minimised in their amount and harmfulness and recycled where appropriate;
- the disposal of residues which cannot be prevented, reduced or recycled will be carried out in conformity with national and EC legislation; and
- the proposed measurement techniques for emissions into the air comply with Annex III of the WID and, as regards water, comply with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex III.
Small waste oil burners
The replacements for paragraphs (e)-(f) above are:
(e) the name and number, if any, of the appliance used for the burning of the waste oil, and the name of its manufacturer, its rated thermal input and whether or not it is constructed or adapted so as to comply with the specification for fixed, flued fan-assisted heaters in Part 2 of the specification for oil-burning air heaters published by the British Standards Institution and numbered BS 4256 1972;
(f) details of the type of fuel to be used and its source;
(g) details of the height and location of any chimney through which waste gases produced by the appliance would be carried away and details of the efflux velocity of the waste gases leaving such a chimney produced by the appliance in normal operation;
(h) details of the location of the fuel storage tanks of the appliance;
Dry cleaners (as defined in Section 7 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the EP Regulations)
The replacements for paragraphs (e)-(f) above are:
(e) the name and model number, description and number, if any, of the dry cleaning machine, the date when it was installed, the name of its manufacturer and its rated capacity;
(f) details of any spot cleaning to be undertaken and details of checking and maintenance procedures to be followed and of the supervision, training and qualifications of operating staff;
(g) details of the solvents to be used, including a description of any risk phrase substance or preparation;
(h) details of the arrangements for storing solvents prior to use, and used solvents and solvent-contaminated materials, including a description of the location where the materials are stored.
Article 6.1 of the IPPC Directive
For completeness, the following is the text of Article 6.1 of the IPPC Directive:
Applications for permits
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that an application to the competent authority for a permit includes a description of:
- the installation and its activities,
- the raw and auxiliary materials, other substances and the energy used in or generated by the installation,
- the sources of emissions from the installation,
- the conditions of the site of the installation,
- the nature and quantities of foreseeable emissions from the installation into each medium as well as identification of significant effects of the emissions on the environment,
- the proposed technology and other techniques for preventing or, where this not possible, reducing emissions from the installation,
- where necessary, measures for the prevention and recovery of waste generated by the installation,
- further measures planned to comply with the general principles of the basic obligations of the operator as provided for in Article 3,
- measures planned to monitor emissions into the environment.
An application for a permit shall also include a non-technical summary of the details referred to in the above indents.