Dear Alice Shaw

E= nvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Applicati= on reference: EPR/DB3402TF/V004
Operator: SUEZ Recycli= ng and Recovery UK Ltd
Facility: Southend-on-Sea Envir= onmental Services Depot, Eastern Avenue, Southend On Sea, SS2 5QX

Thank you for your application, r= eceived 19/12/2025.

What happens next= ?
Your application will be allocated for checking and techni= cal assessment as quickly as we can, and we will contact you if we need any= further information. If you need to add something, please send it to = us at PSC= @environment-agency.gov.uk, quoting your application ref= erence.

A permitting officer will check that all relevant in= formation requested in the application forms and application guidance is pr= ovided, and will contact you if information is missing.

Depending= on how much information is missing, we may ask you to provide this within = a maximum of ten working days. If you do not respond to the request, or wha= t is provided still doesn=E2=80=99t meet the requirements, we will return y= our application.
If we thin= k there is too much information missing to be provided within 10 working da= ys, we will return your application with a list of what is missing to help = you reapply.

If we return your application we will retain 20% of the corre= ct charge for your application, capped at =C2=A31,613, to cover our costs i= n reviewing your application. Further details can be found in our&n= bsp;Charging Scheme.

I= f you have used our enhanced pre application advice service, you must ensur= e you have paid all associated fees before your application can progress.

For more information on the permitting process a= nd the next steps see Waste: environmental permits or A1 installati= ons: environmental permits.

If you ha= ve provided evidence of technical competence which is due to expire soon, s= end an up-to-date continuing competency certificate when available toPSC@en= vironment-agency.gov.uk, quoting your application refere= nce. Sending this in advance can help avoid delays.

Exemptio= ns
Waste exemptions allow low-risk waste management operations t= o be carried out without an environmental permit.

Future reforms to waste exemptions will mean exemptions cannot be= registered at or adjacent to (where there is a direct link) permitted wast= e operations. Waste exemptions cannot currently be used on a permitted inst= allation.

For further details please read = ;= Waste Exemptions =E2=80=93 Getting Ready for Change. As = part of this work, we are also asking operators to deregister any exemption= s no longer used or needed. We do not expect changes to the Environmental P= ermitting Regulations (EPR) before 2025. This may change as it depends on P= arliament and its legislative programme.

Consultation

If your application needs consultation= with the public and other organisations, we use an online consultation too= l where we will add all application documents.=E2=80=AFEnvironmental permits: when and how we consult<= /a>https://www.gov.uk/government/publication= s/environmental-permits-when-and-how-we-consult/environmental-permits-when-= and-how-we-consult) explains which applications we a= re required to consult on and how long this will take.=E2=80=AF

We aim to respond to = all customer enquiries. However, this can have a significant impact on our = ability and capacity to progress applications. We will contact you as soon = as there is any update on your application, so please avoid contacting us u= nnecessarily for updates. For urgent enquiries, you can contact our Nationa= l Customer Contact Centre on 03708 506 506.

Yours sinc= erely,

Trudy Stones=
Permitting Support Advisor - Permitting Support Regulat= ed Industry - Permitting
Environment Agency = | Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Ave, Parkway Business Park= , Sheffield, S9 4WF

Regulated Industry Team= Phone Number : 02030253898 (9am to 4pm)
Regulated Industry Team Email : PSC@environment-agency.gov.u= k

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