Environmental permitting

The London Port Health Authority is a regulator under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 for Part A2 and Part B Processes in its area.

These regulations deal with emissions of pollutants from industrial processes. The processes are categorised under the Regulations as Part A1, Part A2 or Part B processes:

• Part A1 processes are regulated by the Environment Agency.
• We regulate Part A2 and Part B processes.

For Part A2 processes, emissions to all environmental media are controlled including emissions to air, land and water as well as noise and vibration from the plant. At present, we have one A2 process involving the grinding of cement clinker.

Emissions to air are only subject of control for Part B processes and these include bulk cement discharge, storage and distribution, timber processing and vehicle re-spraying.

Public register

The Public Register provides details of the installations that are regulated by the London Port Health Authority and are shown in the following list of processors.

To see the Public Register telephone the Public Protection Support Services Section on 01474 363003 or contact the Port Health team.

Each process is issued with a permit that contains conditions with which the process operator must comply.

The General Guidance Manual, including Part C and the application forms, can be downloaded from the Defra website as well as other helpful information about pollution prevention and control.​