Consultation on modernising environmental permitting for industry

Industrial installations will generally have to interact with a number of processes in order to gain approval to operate. This includes environmental permitting, planning, Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH), chemicals and hazardous substances regulations and others. Legislation and guidance generally sets out clearly the role of each of these processes and how they should interact, however we are keen to ensure that interactions are streamlined where possible and any duplication is removed. We have focussed below on the planning and permitting interaction, as this is the main area of interest highlighted by stakeholders, however we would appreciated views on interactions between permitting and any other regimes.