Apply Online

This is the Agency’s Online Application webpage, select the service you require and apply or register online.

Before using online Government services, if you have not already done so, you will be prompted to register with the Government Gateway. This will only take a few minutes to complete and requires a valid email address.

For applications which have a fee, a valid credit or debit card is required in order to submit a payment. If you are unclear about the fee or any other aspect of the application, please refer to the guidance notes and point of contact contained within the links below.

Applications can only be processed once all the relevant information has been supplied.  

Application for Water Discharge Consents

• Sewage discharged under emergency conditions consent
• Trade effluent and site drainage discharge consent
• Fish farming discharge consent
• Sewage effluent discharge consent
• Transfer ownership of a water discharge consent

Please Note:
Domestic consents are not currently online. For more information see domestic consents.

Application for Wildlife Licence

• Wildlife Licence

Application for Waste Management Licence

• Registration of carriers / brokers of controlled waste
• Renewal or cancellation of registration as a carrier / broker of controlled waste
• Waste management licence
• Modify the conditions of a waste management licence
• Transfer a waste management licence
• Surrender a Waste Management Licence
• Application for a Mobile Treatment Licence
• Compliance with NIEA Greenfield Soil Declaration
• Application for a Waste management Licence to operate an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) for End of Life Vehicles

Application to register for a waste exemption forms

• Simple exemptions
• Land Treatment for Agricultural Benefit or Ecological Improvement (paragraph 9)
• The Spreading, or Storage and Spreading of Sludge on land which is not land used for agriculture (paragraph 10a)
• The storage of sludge not for agricultural benefit (paragraph 10b)
• Spreading of Waste for the purpose of Reclamation, Restoration or Improvement of Land (paragraph 11)
• Composting and Storage of Biodegradable Waste (paragraph 13)
• The Manufacture of Products from Waste, and the Treatment of Waste Soil or Rock which is to be Spread on Land (paragraph 14)
• Manufacture of finished goods from waste (paragraph 15)
• Use of waste for construction, maintenance or improvement of relevant work (paragraph 19)
• Recovery of scrap metal or dismantling of depolluted end-of-life vehicles (paragraph 45)
• Repair and refurbishment of waste, electrical, electronic equipment (WEEE) (paragraph 49)
• Secure storage of waste electrical electronic equipment (WEEE) (paragraph 50)
• Crushing of waste gas discharge lamps (paragraph 51)
• Secure storage of waste batteries or accumulators (paragraph 52)

Application for Pollution Prevention Control Permit

• Application for a Pollution Prevention and Control Permit Part A Installation
• Application for a Polution Prevention and Control Permit Part B Installation

Producer Responsibility Registration

• Packaging Regulations – Producers
• Packaging Regulations – Accredited Reprocessor or Exporter
• WEEE Regulations – Producers
• WEEE Regulations – Approved Authorised Treatment Facility or Exporter
• Batteries Regulations – Producers
• Batteries Regulations – Approved Battery Treatment Operator or Exporter

More forms will become available during the coming months.
If you have any queries, please email phil.elliott@doeni.gov.uk or call 028 9056 9421.