Environment Agency Groundwater/abstraction licences (public register)

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: Environmental permits: Waste Operations · End of Life Vehicles authorised treatment sites (ATF register) · Environmental permits: Installations · Environmental permits: Discharges to Water and Groundwater · Environmental permits: Radioactive Substances · Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers · Waste Exemptions · Water Quality Exemptions · Scrap Metal Dealers · Enforcement Actions (companies only, separate search) · Flood Risk Activity Exemptions
Coverage llm-inferred: England
Access llm-inferred: Free web search, no authentication (auth: none per ENTRY); licence OGL-3.0 per ENTRY metadata, not stated in DOCS

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Check existing discharge permits to water and groundwater near a development site during due diligence · Check Flood Risk Activity Exemptions for works in, over, under or near a main river during FRA and planning screening · Verify waste carrier, broker or dealer registration for subcontractors handling site waste
Audience llm-inferred: environmental consultants · flood risk consultants · planners · civils and drainage engineers

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Abstraction licences are not mentioned in DOCS, so the ENTRY description 'abstraction licences near site' is not supported by this page · DOCS describe searches by name, permit number, local authority or address only; no proximity or 'near site' search is described · Enforcement Actions do not appear in this search and must be searched in their own register · DOCS describe a web search interface; no API, bulk download or dataset access is described despite kind 'data_api' · DOCS do not state update frequency, formats or licence terms

Licence: OGL-3.0
Authentication: none
GitHub stars: Unknown
Last commit: Unknown
Last successful page check: 14/10/2026
Page health: page reachable
Package: Not recorded
Verification: Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

403/000 = bot-blocked from box but site exists per search; Endpoints/formats from agency docs; rate limits not verified.

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: agency/portal (manual)

https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register