Publication date: 28.10.2025
Summary
Actions following a complaint regarding the Environment Agency’s compliance with duties under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 in relation to regulation of Gilberdyke landfill and financial provision.
Outcomes
Our assessment identified there is information which indicates there may have been one or more potential serious failures to comply with environmental law, namely Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016, the Landfill Directive and the Industrial Emissions Directive. We will monitor the Environment Agency’s progress as they review regulation of financial provision.