November 2018: new regulations

1st November 2018


P10 regulations copy 1 0

Related Topics

Related tags

  • Legislation

Author

IEMA

The latest guidance and legislation.

Guidance:

Water discharges

Comes into force: 13 September 2018

England

The Environment Agency has issued a guide to help water companies submit appropriate permit applications for storm overflows and emergency overflows. Discharges of storm sewage and sewage in an emergency must be authorised by an environmental permit.

Waste

Comes into force: 21 September 2018

England

The Environment Agency has released a regulatory position statement to provide guidance on classifying waste wood from mixed waste wood sources. If you comply with its conditions, you do not need to apply a hazardous waste classification for such waste wood.

Brexit

Comes into force: 24 September 2018

England

The government has issued a series of Technical Notices to help businesses and the public understand what they need to do in a ‘no deal’ scenario. They relate to subjects such as regulating chemicals, industrial emission standards, reporting emissions, upholding environmental standards, using and trading in fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances, and regulating energy.

Legislation:

Brexit

Pending

Scotland

The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill aims to ensure that devolved Scottish law will continue to operate effectively once the UK withdraws from the European Union in March 2019.

Water drainage

Comes into force: 1 October 2018

Wales

The Petroleum Licensing (Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2018 set fees for applications for petroleum licences and for consents required under them for various listed activities and matters, which includes landward and seaward petroleum exploration licences and methane drainage licences.

Planning

Comes into force: 12 October 2018

England

The Eggborough Gas-Fired Generating Station Order 2018 authorises the construction, operation and maintenance of a gas-fired electricity-generating station of up to 2,500MW. This also permits the acquisition of land, rights in land and to use land for this purpose.

Renewables

Comes into force: 20 November 2018

Scotland

The Draft Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018 will lift a restriction on the amount of electricity that can be produced by hydro generating stations without affecting eligibility for Scottish Renewable Obligation Certificates (SROCs).

Subscribe

Subscribe to IEMA's newsletters to receive timely articles, expert opinions, event announcements, and much more, directly in your inbox.


Transform articles

Facing the climate emergency challenge in local government

It’s well recognised that the public sector has the opportunity to work towards a national net-zero landscape that goes well beyond improving on its own performance; it can also influence through procurement and can direct through policy.

19th March 2024

Read more

The UK government’s carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) strategy is based on optimistic techno-economic assumptions that are now outdated, Carbon Tracker has warned.

13th March 2024

Read more

The UK government’s climate adaptation plans are ‘inadequate’ and falling ‘far short’ of what is required, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned today.

13th March 2024

Read more

The UK’s net-zero economy grew 9% last year while delivering higher paid jobs than average and attracting billions of pounds in private investment, analysis by CBI Economics has uncovered.

28th February 2024

Read more

A consortium including IEMA and the Good Homes Alliance have drafted a letter to UK government ministers expressing disappointment with the proposed Future Homes Standard.

26th February 2024

Read more

Campaign group Wild Justice has accused the UK government of trying to relax pollution rules for housebuilders “through the backdoor”.

14th February 2024

Read more

Three-quarters of UK adults are concerned about the impact that climate change will have on their bills, according to polling commissioned by Positive Money.

13th February 2024

Read more

All major housing developments in England will be required by law to deliver at least a 10% increase in biodiversity under new rules that came into force today.

12th February 2024

Read more

Media enquires

Looking for an expert to speak at an event or comment on an item in the news?

Find an expert

IEMA Cookie Notice

Clicking the ‘Accept all’ button means you are accepting analytics and third-party cookies. Our website uses necessary cookies which are required in order to make our website work. In addition to these, we use analytics and third-party cookies to optimise site functionality and give you the best possible experience. To control which cookies are set, click ‘Settings’. To learn more about cookies, how we use them on our website and how to change your cookie settings please view our cookie policy.

Manage cookie settings

Our use of cookies

You can learn more detailed information in our cookie policy.

Some cookies are essential, but non-essential cookies help us to improve the experience on our site by providing insights into how the site is being used. To maintain privacy management, this relies on cookie identifiers. Resetting or deleting your browser cookies will reset these preferences.

Essential cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.

Analytics cookies

These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works.

Advertising cookies

These cookies allow us to tailor advertising to you based on your interests. If you do not accept these cookies, you will still see adverts, but these will be more generic.

Save and close