Offerton Sand and Gravel Limited

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER REGULATION 10 OF THE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2000

INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Notice is hereby given that Offerton Sand and Gravel Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the landfilling of waste. The installation is located at Offerton Sand and Gravel Quarry Landfill, Marple Road, Offerton, Stockport, Greater Manchester SK2 5JX, in the metropolitan borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester.

The application contains the information required by the regulations, including a description of any foreseeable significant effects of emissions from the installation on the environment.

Information relating to the above IPPC application for a permit to operate the Offerton Sand and Gravel Quarry Landfill is held in registers at the following locations:

The Environment Agency, Appleton House, 430 Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 7WD; and

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Stopford House, Piccadilly, Stockport SK1 3XE.

Members of the public can inspect these registers, free of charge, at the above stated addresses during normal office hours (9.00 am to 4.30 pm Monday to Friday). In addition, members of the public who wish to obtain a copy of the relevant information contained in the registers can do so upon the payment of a reasonable charge to cover the costs of copying.

Any objections or representations to the above IPPC application should be made in writing to the Environment Agency at the address below, within 28 days from the date of this public notice.

Environment Agency Office, PO Box 12, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford Road, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 1HG.

Any such objections or representations will be entered into a public register unless the person making them requests in writing that they should not be so placed. If there is such a request, the register will only include a statement that there has been a request.

This application is subject to the Public Participation Directive. This means the Environment Agency will consult on its draft decision before finally determining this application. The draft notice will be placed in the public registers and advertised on the Environment Agency website at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/draftdecisions.