Surrendering (giving up) your permit

If you no longer need your permit you must surrender it. You can also surrender part of your permit, for example if you want to remove a facility or reduce the area of land your permit covers.

Below are the application forms and the guidance notes to surrender your permit. Please note: You will need Adobe Version 7 or later to be able to use the electronic forms. Alternatively, you can print out a copy of the form and complete it by hand. 

All applicants must complete Part A and either E1 or E2. If you are surrendering a permit for installations, waste and mining waste operations only, you must also complete form F1.

If you are having difficulty filling in your application then the information on the following page may help you:

• Help with your application  

Part A

All applicants must fill in part A - About you.

• Application for an environmental permit Part A (PDF, 245KB)
• Part A: General guidance notes (PDF, 514KB)

Part E

If you want to tell us that you are surrendering (i.e. giving up) your permit for a standalone water discharge (formerly called a discharge consent) or groundwater permit (formerly called a groundwater authorisation) you must fill in Part E1:

• Application for an environmental permit Part E1 (PDF, 245KB)
• Part E1: Surrender guidance notes (PDF, 52KB)

If you want to apply to surrender (ie give up) your permit for installations, waste and mining waste operations only, you must fill in Part E2:

• Application for an environmental permit Part E2 (PDF, 446KB)
• Part E2: Surrender guidance notes (PDF, 59KB)

Part F

Only installations, waste and mining waste operations need to complete part F1.

• Part F1: Opra, charges, data protection, confidentiality and national security, declaration and application checklist (PDF, 310KB)
• Part F1: General guidance notes (PDF, 58KB)

Please post your completed application form to:

Permitting Support Centre
Environmental Permitting Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Parkway Business Park
Sheffield
S9 4WF