Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
Does your wood or timber business require a PPC permit?
Your business may require a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit from your environmental regulator or local council. For example, you will need a permit if your business has a production capacity above a certain level or if you use certain hazardous substances.
If your business is an installation or mobile plant you will need a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit from your environmental regulator.
An installation is a stationary technical unit, such as a self-contained building, permanent structure or fixed plant, used for listed activities.
A mobile plant is plant that can be moved and is used for listed activities.
Listed activities
These are industrial, waste or intensive farming activities that have an impact on the environment and are listed in the PPC regulations. They are split into categories:
- Part A, B and C in Northern Ireland
- Part A and B in Scotland
Listed activities that might be carried out by wood and timber businesses include:
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Permit Categories |
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Listed activity |
Northern Ireland |
Scotland |
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manufacturing wood particleboard, fibreboard, plywood or any other composite wood-based board |
Part A |
Part A |
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curing or chemically treating timber or wood products as part of a manufacturing process that uses: |
Part A |
Part A |
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manufacturing products by sawing, drilling, sanding, shaping, turning, planing, curing or chemically treating wood and the throughput is over: |
Part C |
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treating timber with preservatives using 25 tonnes or more of organic solvent per year |
Part C |
Part B |
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applying any coating to wooden surfaces using 15 tonnes or more of organic solvent per year |
Part C |
Part B |
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producing laminated wood products using five tonnes or more of organic solvent per year |
Part C |
Part B |
What you must do
If your installation or mobile plant carries out listed activities you will need a permit from your environmental regulator.
Permits and regulators for listed activities
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Activity category |
Northern Ireland |
Scotland |
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Part A |
PPC permit regulated by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) |
PPC permit regulated by SEPA |
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Part B |
PPC permit regulated the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) |
PPC permit regulated by SEPA |
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Part C |
PPC permit regulated by local council |
N/A |
Contact your environmental regulator
You should contact your environmental regulator or local council for further information about listed activities. NetRegs does not provide detailed guidance on Part A activities.
If you are unsure whether you are affected by PPC, contact your environmental regulator or local council.
Contact your environmental regulator
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