Permitted Installations
Inspection and Regulation of Premises
We are responsible for regulating certain industrial activities covered by the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 (as amended).
Environmental Permits
If a company wants to carry out processes that may cause emissions to land, air or water they must apply for an Environmental permit to do so from either the Environment Agency or us. The Environmental Permitting Regulations introduce three separate, but linked, systems of pollution control:
- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), which covers installations known as A(1) installations, which are regulated by the Environment Agency. Examples include large iron and steel foundries, brickworks, chemical production, and waste disposal.
- Local authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC) which covers activities known as A(2) activities, which are regulated by local authorities. Examples include some smaller but similar activities to those under IPPC
- Local authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC), which covers activities known as Part B activities, which are also regulated by local authorities. Examples include crematoriums, petrol filling stations, mineral processes including quarrying, cement batching and mobile crushing plant, solvent and coating processes such as printing, vehicle re-spraying and dry cleaners
Details of the processes that require an environmental permit can be found in Schedule 1 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
Regulators must set permit conditions based on the use of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) to control pollution. For Part A(1) and A(2) installations the permit conditions must cover pollution to air, land and water. The permit may also cover energy efficiency, site restoration, noise, odour, waste minimisation, accident prevention, heat and vibration. Permit conditions for Part B installations only cover emissions to air.
Public register
We are required to keep a public register of permitted installations operating within our area. These installations are inspected on a regular basis in accordance with the Defra risk assessment guidance.
You can request a print version of a permit by sending an email to environmentalprotectionCDC@cherwell-dc.gov.uk.
A list of the installations operating within Cherwell are:
Part A2
Printing
- Walstead, Launton Road, Bicester
Part B
Petrol Filling Stations
- Tesco Service Station, Lakeview, Bicester
- Tesco Service Station, Lockhead Close, Banbury
- Sainsbury’s Service Station, Oxford Road, Kidlington
- Sainsbury’s Service Station, Oxford Road, Banbury
- Banbury Service Station, Oxford Road, Banbury (Eurogarages)
- Esso Service Station, Ermont Way, Banbury (Eurogarages)
- Cherwell Valley Service Station, Junction 10, M40 Services (Eurogarages)
- Bicester Service Station, Oxford Road, Bicester (Eurogarages)
- Esso Service Station, A43 Baynards Green, Bicester (Eurogarages)
- Budgens of Yarnton, 93 Woodstock Road, Yarnton
- HKS Banbury, Swan Close, Banbury
- Empire Petroleum Limited, Buckingham Road, Bicester
- Apple Green Service Station, Banbury Road, Bicester
- Family Farm Service Station, Bicester Road, Weston on the Green
- Joblings, Launton Road, Bicester
- Yarnton Service Station, 98 Woodstock Road, Yarnton
- Cock Horse Service Station, 98 Warwick Road, Banbury
- Shell Chase Service Station, London Road, Bicester
- Shell Service Station, A34, Weston on the Green
- Bloxham Service Station, A361 South Newington Road, Bloxham
- Morrisons Service Station, Cherwell Street, Banbury
Dry Cleaners
- Crown Dry Cleaners, Crown Walk, Bicester
- Johnsons, Castle Street, Banbury
- Reids Dry Cleaners, Cope Road, Banbury
Cement
- Tarmac, Waterworks Road, Banbury
- Aggregate Industries, Telford Road, Bicester
- Smiths Concrete, Southam Road, Banbury
- Smiths Concrete, Blackthorn, Bicester
Quarries
- Smiths, Dewars farm, Ardley Road, Middleton Stoney
Mobile Crusher
- Smiths, Gill Mill Quarry, Ducklington
Roadstone Coating
- Tarmac, Waterworks Road, Banbury
Crematoria
- Banbury Crematorium, Southam Road, Banbury
Film Coating
- Millspeed, Wildermere Road, Banbury
Coating of Metal and Plastic
- Paintbox Banbury Ltd, Middleton Close, Banbury
- Magna Exteriors, Beaumont Road, Banbury
Vehicle Refinishers
- Wedgwood Crash Repairs, Murdock Road, Bicester
- BCA Fleet Solutions, Heyford Park, Upper Heyford
- SGM Racepaint, Wildmere Industrial Estate, Banbury
- Carbody Banbury, Thorpe Lane, Banbury