Environmental Protection

This page provides information about the Wrexham County Borough Council Environmental Protection Service, which is part of the Public Protection Department.

The Environmental Protection Service aims to ensure that people living and working in Wrexham County Borough are not exposed to pollution which may be prejudicial to health or the wider environment.

Services We Provide		Published Plans
Complaints		Industrial Processes in Wrexham
Contact Information		Registration of Cooling Towers

Please also see Pollutants and Hazardous Substances and Noise and Pollution Control frequently asked questions.

Services We Provide

On a day to day basis Officers within the Section:

• Advise and encourage businesses to consider and address their environmental performance;

• Monitor local Air Quality;

• Monitor planning applications to ensure that the environmental effects of new developments are considered ;

• Inspect land for potential contamination;
  

• Develop policies to improve air quality in Wrexham County Borough;

• Inspect authorised industrial processes;
  

• Investigate complaints relating to industrial premises;

• Respond to complaints of pollution arising from the operation of industrial processes

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Published Plans

The Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy

 Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy

A copy of this strategy is available to download in the following formats:

Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy - PDF version 1Mb

Complaints

The section investigates complaints about noise, vibration, odour, dust and land contamination arising from industrial premises. Complaints relating to domestic premises are dealt with by the Public Health Section.

Report an issue with pollution online

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Industrial Processes in Wrexham County Borough

Industrial processes of a certain size are regulated for pollution. Regulated processes are assessed according to their potential to cause pollution and are categorised into two classes, Part A and Part B.

Part A processes have the potential to cause significant pollution to water and air and are regulated by the Environment Agency Wales. Part B processes have the potential to cause pollution to air only and are enforced by Local Authorities.

There are currently 49 Part B industrial processes in the County Borough, which are regulated by the Council for releases to air. These processes are regulated by means of an Authorisation written by the Council. The Authorisation sets out how the process should operate so as not to cause air pollution and all the processes are regularly inspected by Officers to ensure that they are operating within the Authorisation. Inspection visits are priority programmed according to the degree of potential risk. This ensures that higher risk processes are visited more frequently than lower risk processes.

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Registration of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condenser

All cooling towers operating in the County Borough must be registered with the Council.

You can register with the council by either completing the online registration form available on this website, or by contacting:

Telephone: 01978 297028

Fax: 01978 297003

E-mail: environmental@wrexham.gov.uk

Complete the online general enquiry form

Address:
Environmental Protection Section,
Public Protection Department,
Wrexham County Borough Council,
Crown Buildings,
Chester Street,
LL13 8ZE.

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Contact Us

If you would like any further information on any of our services please contact us:

Telephone: 01978 297028

Fax: 01978 297003

E-mail: environmental@wrexham.gov.uk

Complete the online general enquiry form

Address:
Environmental Protection Section,
Public Protection Department,
Wrexham County Borough Council,
Crown Buildings,
Chester Street,
LL13 8ZE.

Related links

The Environment Agency

The Welsh Assembly Government