Environment permitting - part A2 application form

To operate certain industrial processes and commercial activities with emissions to air, you need an Environmental Permit from the local authority. You can find out more about environmental permits, our fees and view our public register.

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To request an application form for an A2 permit email contact@manchester.gov.uk

The completed application is reviewed to ensure that all the necessary information has been included with the application form. 

The Local authority officer will either seek further information within 14 days or confirm that the application has been ‘duly made’. Once duly made, the target timescale for processing the application and issuing a permit is 4 months.

If further information is required you will be notified by the regulator and they must provide this information or the application will be deemed to be withdrawn. 

The application must be from the operator of the regulated facility. 

For waste operations no licence will be granted unless any required planning permission has first been granted. 

The Permit will remain in force until it is either surrendered or revoked. 

There is an annual subsistence fee charged for the regulation of the process to the prescribed standards. Information on the relevant substance charge fee and application fees.