2. Air pollution from industry
The Council is responsible for making sure that businesses that produce fumes or gases that go into the air comply with legislation.
A business needs a Permit or Authorisation to be able to do this. The Council will inspect the business to make sure they are complying with the law and issue a Permit or Authorisation if they do. These inspections are carried out on a regular basis.
If you think that your business needs a permit or authorisation, please contact the Neighbourhood Enforcement Team.
Council-regulated processes
Council-regulated processes include:
- Manufacturing wood products where lots of sawdust is generated
- Incineration
- Quarrying
- Concrete batching plants
- Spraying metal goods using surface coatings
- Vehicle refinishing
- Manufacturing vehicle paints
- Operating mobile demolition crushing plants
- Working with high volumes of solvents and printing inks
- Petrol stations
The Environment Agency regulates all larger industries.
All authorisations, permits and other correspondence is then made available on a public register.
The sort of controlling conditions include, for instance:
- Setting limits for emissions
- The local geography
- The consumption of raw materials
- Accident prevention
- Energy efficiency