Request for documents: NW/0170/1327/002
Case reference EIR2026/35878
Received 28 July 2026
Published 30 July 2026
Request
I would like to request environmental permit (Discharges to Water and Groundwater) number NW/0170/1327/002 - SWIZZELS MATLOW LTD. And environmental permit (Discharges to Water and Groundwater) number NW/0170/1327/001- SWIZZELS MATLOW LTD.
Response
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 28 July 2026, regarding permit number NW/0170/1327/002 - SWIZZELS MATLOW LTD, and permit number NW/0170/1327/001- SWIZZELS MATLOW LTD.
We respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Please see attached permit NW/0170/1327/002, as requested.
Please refer to the Open Government Licence which explains the permitted use of this information.
Information Warnings:
(i) Personal Data in the Information is exempt from the Open Government Licence.
(ii) It is the responsibility of the licensee to ensure that data they hold is accurate and up to date.
Information not held by us
After checking our systems, we do not hold a copy of permit NW/0170/1327/001 - this may be due to it being revoked for more than 7 years according to public register.
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.
Rights of appeal
If you are not satisfied with our decision, you can contact us within two calendar months to ask for the decision to be reviewed. We will then conduct an internal review of our response to your request and give you our decision in writing within 40 working days.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you can then make an appeal to the Information Commissioner Office, the statutory regulator for the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please follow this link to the ICO online complaints portal. The address is: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.
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Documents
This is Environment Agency's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.