Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 11520

Incinerators: Licensing

Tabled: 28 October 2024

Answered: 8 November 2024

Question

Lee Barron

Labour — Corby and East Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues on licence approvals for incineration plants in residential areas.

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Environment Agency (EA) is responsible for assessing environmental permit applications for new incinerators to operate in England and has a duty to assess any application it receives against the requirements of the Environmental Permitting (England an...

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