Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC)
Local authorities
General Guidance Manual (GGM)
The GGM comprises guidance on the policy and permitting procedures for activities subject to LA-IPPC and LAPPC under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 from 6 April 2008 onwards.
It is statutory guidance to local authority regulators, which they must have regard to. It aims to guide firms undertaking or planning to undertake relevant activities on their legal obligations. And it is designed to be useful to members of the public interested in industrial pollution control.
Helpful examples and specimen documents are provided where possible.
Amendments made to the GGM after January 2008 or additional guidance subsequently incorporated into the GGM are listed in the “revision to the Manual”. This can be found before the contents page in Part A of the Manual.
- Manual Part A (PDF 750 KB) - revised July 2008
- Manual Part B, Annexes (PDF 400 KB) - revised July 2008
- Manual Part C (Application forms) and Part D ( Specimen notices and consultation letter) (Word 900 KB) - revised July 2008
- Manual Part C (Application forms) and Part D ( Specimen notices and consultation letter) (PDF 400 KB) - revised July 2008
- Short guide to the EP Regulations (Word 40 KB) - January 2008
- Short guide to the EP Regulations (PDF 25 KB)
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Page last modified: 7 July 2008