Mineral Processing Ltd - revocation notice

Planning Inspectorate Update

On 2 March 2025, the Planning Inspectorate announced that they have dismissed the appeal that Mineral Processing Ltd made against our decision to issue a revocation notice at their South Elmsall site. We have been pleased to note that the Planning Inspectorate agrees with our decision, based on thorough evidence collected by our teams.

The Inspector stated that they were satisfied that revocation of the Permit is reasonable and necessary in the circumstances to protect the environment and human health, including from actual pollution and ongoing risk of pollution.

This means that our revocation notice is now in force. The full appeal decison document can be viewed here Appeal Decision

What does this mean?

Revocation means that the permit is cancelled and the operator must cease all activities allowed by the permit and take the steps set out in the revocation notice regarding removal of waste from the site. The Operator also remains responsible for appropriately managing odour impacts from the site. If they do not comply with the notice, they will be committing an offence.

The notice requires all waste from the regulated facility to be removed by either:

removing it to an appropriately permitted facility;

removing it to an exempt waste operation in accordance with the terms of that exempt waste operation; or

a combination of the above.

The date by which these steps are to be completed is 31 August 2029.

We will continue to closely monitor activity at the site and expect the Operator to comply with the steps set out in the revocation notice.