The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Single site permits etc.E+W

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17.—(1) Except as otherwise provided by this regulation, a regulator may not authorise the operation of more than one regulated facility under a single environmental permit.

(2) The regulator may authorise, under a single environmental permit, the operation by the same operator—

(a)of more than one mobile plant,

(b)of more than one radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(5) of Part 2 of Schedule 23,

(c)of more than one regulated facility on the same site,

(d)of more than one standard facility on more than one site,

(e)of more than one flood risk activity on more than one site, or

(f)of more than one radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(6) of Part 2 of Schedule 23 on more than one site, where all such activities are in respect of the use or potential use of the same premises for underground disposal (within the meaning of paragraph 11(7) of that Schedule).

[F1(g)of more than one medium combustion plant on more than one site,

(h)of more than one specified generator on more than one site,

(i)of more than one Part B installation that contains at least one medium combustion plant on more than one site]

(3) But if a groundwater activity is carried on as part of a radioactive substances activity by the same operator on the same site, the regulator must authorise the carrying on of the groundwater activity under the same environmental permit that authorises the carrying on of the radioactive substances activity.