Environmental Performance Assessment Scheme (EPAS) - a fair way to report performance​ 

Closes 30 Jun 2025

Contents

You can open this consulation in Word or PDF or use the links below to access the plain text format.

There are 22 questions in this consultation. Please select each section in turn to ensure you are provided will all relevant information to answer the consultation questions. Additionally, there are a few questions in the respondent information form about you to help us understand the results.

How to progress through the consultation

As you complete your response, each page will provide the option to 'Save and come back later'. This means you can save your progress and return to the consultation at any time before it closes. If you don't use this feature and leave the consultation midway through, your response will be lost.

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After the consultation has closed there will be a delay before any responses are published. The expectation is to publish responses on 31 August 2025, for those that consent has been provided. You may be notified about response publication if you choose to share your email address with us. 

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Respondent information form (Required)
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Section 1: Who is this consultation for? This page has no questions
Section 2: Introduction This page has no questions
Section 3: Background This page has no questions
Section 4: What will EPAS apply to? This page has no questions
Section 5: What is the environmental performance rating?
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Section 6: Compliance
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Section 7: Time taken to resolve compliance issues
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Section 8: Environmental harm caused
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Section 9: Applying the Environmental Performance Assessment Scheme.
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Section 10: Priority site status and compliance recovery plans
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Section 11: Appeals
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Section 12: How we will communicate relevant information
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Section 13: Next steps to launch EPAS
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Annex 1: Regimes proposed to be included in phase one of EPAS This page has no questions
Annex 2: Regimes planned for inclusion in EPAS in future This page has no questions
Annex 3: Major non-compliance criteria This page has no questions
Annex 4: Environmental events This page has no questions
Glossary This page has no questions