You can apply for a licence, exemption, registration or permit in a number of ways.

Method 1 - Online applications

 Online applications can be made for the following:

• non-aerial herbicide use near or by a watercourse 
• non fee paying waste exemptions
• professional collector and transporter of waste
• registration/renewal as a carrier, broker or carrier/broker of controlled waste
  

Due to essential maintenance of our application system Registration of Point Source Discharges (including septic tanks), Engineering Discharge activities and Abstraction Discharge activities is not currently available. Click here for further information.

Method 2 - Paper applications

You can also apply by email or post by downloading and completing the relevant application form. The forms must be completed and signed, then submitted with payment and/or receipt for payment. Once payment has been made you can submit your application form and receipt by email. 

There are various ways you can pay for your application when not completing it online:

• Send a cheque with the paper application.
• Complete the payment through our web payment facilityand attach the reference number to your application form.
• Pay by BACS or bank transfer: you must attach proof of payment to your application
• Request in writing that we contact you to take a payment over the phone by debit or credit card at the time of applying.

Payment alone does not mean you have submitted an application. Using this method does not attract the fees described as 'Online' in our fee documentation as these fees only apply to method 1 above. Your application will be rejected if it is received with no payment and no confirmation of payment or request for contact is supplied with your paperwork. Please attach any supporting documentation (in electronic format e.g. .doc, .pdf) up to max of 18mb. If your supporting documentation is larger than this, or in non-electronic format, this should be posted to your nearest SEPA registry and NOT attached to your e-application.

Forms and guidance

Guidance: this explains how the scheme works

The forms, guidance and charging information for each regulated activity are grouped into the following categories:

• Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC)
• Radioactive substances (RSA)
• Waste management (WM/WCR/WML/WMX)
• Water - Controlled Activities Regulations (CAR)
• Fee waiver

Application Charge Calculator

The Application charge calculator allows you to search for the correct application charge for a regulated site. If you have more than one activity on the site then the tool will apply the discounts. You can also use it to search for activity component charges. We expect to have an annual charge calculator available soon.

Pollution Prevention & Control (PPC)

Radioactive Substances (RSA)

Waste Management (WM/WCR/WML/WMX)

Water - Controlled Activities Regulations (CAR)

Fee wavier