---
title: "GET /waste-operations/registration"
method: GET
path: "/waste-operations/registration"
tags: ["Waste Operations"]
---

# GET /waste-operations/registration

`GET /waste-operations/registration`

Search the register of Environmental Permitting Regulations - Waste Operations
In addition to the registration number in the ePR these entries also have a Waste Management Licence number and search by number will match either of these fields.

## Query parameters

- `number-search` string
- `name-search` string
- `name-number-search` string
- `address-search` string
- `easting` integer
- `northing` integer
- `dist` integer
- `local-authority` string
- `_limit` integer
- `_offset` integer
- `name` string
- `registrationNumber` string

## Response `200`

A list of waste operation registrations matching search criteria

- object
  - `meta` Metadata
    - `publisher` string, required — The publisher of this dataset; usually Environment Agency
    - `licence` string, uri, required — Link to the data usage licence for this dataset
    - `documentation` string, uri, required — Link to API documentation
    - `version` string — API version
    - `comment` string
    - `hasFormat` string[], required — If the resource is also available in other formats, this will list URLs for those alternative formats, with the media type implied by the suffix.
    - `limit` integer — The limit applied to search results. When no `_limit` parameter is given for a search endpoint, a default is applied.
    - `offset` integer — The offset from the start of the search results list at which the response begins. This is the same as the request `_offset` parameter, where given
  - `items` object[]
    - `@id` string, uri, required — Unique URI identifier for a resource
    - `register` object, required — The register to which a registration belongs
      - `@id` 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/waste-operations/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/end-of-life-vehicles/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/industrial-installations/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/water-discharges/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/radioactive-substance/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/waste-carriers-brokers/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/waste-exemptions/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/water-discharge-exemptions/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/scrap-metal-dealers/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/enforcement-action/register' | 'http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/flood-risk-exemptions/register', uri, required — The register to which the registration or permit belongs.
      - `label` string, required
      - `type` object — Register type
        - `@id` string, uri — Unique URI identifier for a resource
    - `registrationNumber` union, required — The permission, permit or registration number
      - string
      - number
    - `type` RDFtype[]
    - `holder` union
      - HolderSummary — The agent (person or organization) which holds the registration or permit.
        - `@id` string, uri, required — Unique URI identifier for a resource
        - `name` string, required — The full name of the person or organization
        - `tradingName` string — Trading name of the licence holder
        - `type` union
          - string, uri — The class(es) or type(s) of this holder. Value can be either a single item or an array where multiple types are present. All are `foaf:Agent` or a subclass thereof.
          - HolderType[]
      - HolderSummary[]
        - `@id` string, uri, required — Unique URI identifier for a resource
        - `name` string, required — The full name of the person or organization
        - `tradingName` string — Trading name of the licence holder
        - `type` union
          - string, uri — The class(es) or type(s) of this holder. Value can be either a single item or an array where multiple types are present. All are `foaf:Agent` or a subclass thereof.
          - HolderType[]
    - `localAuthority` LocalAuthority
      - `@id` string, uri, required — Unique URI identifier for a resource
      - `label` string, required
    - `notation` string[], required — Unique identifiers of this registration, including the registration number from this site, waste management licence number, and any other numbers that may be used elsewhere
    - `otherLicenceNumber` string — Other licence number - pre-EA permit ref
    - `wasteManagementLicenceNumber` string
    - `status` object, required — The status of this registration
      - `@id` string, uri, required — Unique URI identifier for a resource
      - `comment` string, required
    - `effectiveDate` string, date — The date from which a Permit or Regisitration is in effect.
    - `issuedDate` string, date — The date on which the permit was issued.
    - `modificationDate` string, date — The date on which a Permit or Registration was modified or amended.
    - `revocationDate` string, date — The date on which a Permit or Registration was revoked.
    - `surrenderDate` string, date — The date on which a Permit or Registration was surrendered.
    - `suspensionDate` string, date — The date on which a Permit or Registration was suspended.
    - `transferDate` string, date — The date on which a Permit or Registration was transferred to a different holder.
    - `site` Site, required — The site associated with the registration
      - `@id` string, uri, required — Unique URI identifier for a resource
      - `siteAddress` AddressSummary
        - `address` string, required — The full address text including postcode
        - `postcode` union — Full postcode portion of the address. In the UK, this will be a string but foreign addresses may be integers
          - integer
          - string
        - `organization_name` string — The organization name to use in the address
        - `street_address` string — The number (optional) and street name part of the address
        - `locality` string — The region and/or county portion of the address
        - `postcodeURI` string, uri — The URI for the postcode area, uses OS open data URIs
    - `distance` number — Only present when searching by location and indicates the distance from that location in km

## Other responses

- `400` — ## Bad request Please check the request parameters to ensure that: * If any of the following parameters are given, they must all be given: * `dist` * `easting` * `northing` * The parameters given are applicable to the selected register * If `name-number-search` is included, no other search parameters are.
- `422` — Unprocessable request: the request was correctly formed, but could not be handled by the server because too much data was requested. Please check that the `_limit` parameter does not exceed the maximum value of 10,000 (or fewer for some registers). To get more records, please use the download endpoint.

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