FOI release

Request for WQE documents: EPR/ZE5792MB/A001

This request was refused in full, so we didn't provide the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference EIR2026/47988

Received 30 September 2026

Published 7 October 2026

Request

I would like to request Water Quality Exemption number EPR/ZE5792MB/A001

Response

We respond to requests for recorded information that we hold under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the associated Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Thank you for your permit request.

We no longer hold copies of Water Quality Exemptions. These were superseded by the General Binding Rules. As long the conditions of the GBRs are met, nothing needs to be registered with the Environment Agency. General binding rules: small sewage discharge to the ground - GOV.UK'

I hope that we have correctly interpreted your request.  

 

Please get in touch if you have any further queries or contact us within two months if you’d like us to review the information we have sent.

 

How we have considered your request

We have considered your request under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). The Act requires that we respond to requests by advising you whether or not information is held, and if so by providing you with that information.

EIR Regulation 3(2) states that information is held if it is in our possession and has been produced or received by us, or it is held by another person on our behalf at the time the request is received.

 

Information not held

In this case, the information you have requested is not held by the Environment Agency, and we are therefore refusing your request on the grounds that there is no information we can provide.

 

Where a request is for environmental information, the Regulations allow us to refuse to disclose it if the exception at EIR Regulation 12(4)(a) applies. The regulation states that a public authority may refuse to disclose environmental information to the extent that it does not hold that information when an applicant’s request is received.

 

It is not possible for us to conduct a public interest balancing test because the reason for non-disclosure is that the information is not held.

 

I hope that we have correctly interpreted your request.  Please refer to our Open Government Licence for the permitted use of the supplied data:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

 

Please be aware that many of our datasets are now available online. Simply visit environment.data.gov.uk

 

Please get in touch if you have any further queries or contact us within two months if you’d like us to review the information we have sent.

Documents

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