Customer service complaints

SEPA’s main aim is to provide an efficient and integrated environmental protection system for Scotland, which will both improve the environment and contribute to the Government’s goal of sustainable development.

Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service and to getting things right first time. However, things can go wrong. When they do, we want to know so that we can put them right as quickly as possible. We can then avoid repeating our mistakes and improve our service.

Our customer service complaints procedure has a maximum of two internal stages and a subsequent right of referral by the complainant to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to ensure all complaints are dealt with in a full and fair manner.

  • Stage 1 – internal formal investigation
  • Stage 2 – internal review
  • Stage 3 – appeal to Scottish Public Service Ombudsman (SPSO)

Use the links on the left to read more about each stage of the procedure.

Please note that the complaints procedure is not used for:

  • appeals or objections against regulatory decisions made by SEPA
  • reports regarding pollution incidents.

If you wish to contact SEPA with a complaint about the service you have received, you can send a message to the following email address: ComplaintsAdministrator@sepa.org.uk. Alternatively, you can write to SEPA at the following postal address:

Complaints Administrator
SEPA Corporate Office
Erskine Court
Castle Business Park
STIRLING
FK9 4TR