Search the register of waste exemptions
Query parameters
The full or partial ID of a registration or permit
Note that registration numbers will be treated as collections of words so that a registration number such as CB/HE5831CE will be found by a search for HE5831 even though the initial CB/ is missing.
Each word will be treated as a prefix, so HE will match CB/HE5831CE
As a special case a word ending in a number will be treated as an exact word mach so A2 will match A2 or CB/A2/001 but not A27 or CB/A231/001. This is to avoid confusion when searching for numeric entries. If you need to search for a registration number by prefix then use an explicit wildcard charater e.g. A2*.
Full or partial name of the business or individual registered.
The text queries are treated as prefixes (so Atkin would match Atkins, Atkinson and so on). To search for a match somewhere within the field you can prefix the search with * (so *tkins would match Atkins, Watkins and so on). If the search string contains more than one word then each is matched separately (so jo atkin would match John Atkinson and Atkins Joinery).
Note that water quality exemptions do not have a holder associated with them and won't appear in results.
A common requirement is to search for a specific registration knowing either the name of the registered person/business or the registration number. This parameter allows you to search for all records where either the name or registration number matches the query term.
A name number search will return the simple union of the results you would expect from name-search and number-search individually, so a query for name-search=abc contains all the records from a search with name-search=abc and all the records from number-search=abc, and the same matching rules apply. For registers that do not support name-search, such as Water Quality Exemptions, this behaves the same as number-search.
Note that, if this parameter is included, no other parameters may be given, with the exception of _limit and _offset. All other search parameters behave as filters, so that all results will match all parameters, and only this one supports the union of two separate search terms. Should you need to filter the results of a name-number-search query by any other field, join the results of separate queries with the name-search and number-search parameter.
Full or partial address of the business or individual registered.
Each word in the address will be treated seperately, so a search for Park Road will match 1 Park Road, 1 High Road, West Park, or Park Estate, City Road.
All words are treated as prefixes, so a search for London will return addresses in Londonderry, but words that end with a number are an exception to this, so a search for 10 will not match 100 Park Road.
Easting of OS grid point to search by distance radius. Must be used with northing and dist.
Northing of OS grid point to search by distance radius. Must be used with easting and dist.
Distance in km from the given OS grid point to search within. Must be used with easting and northing to specify the search center. If left empty, the default value will be used
The number of registrations to return. Each register has a maximum supported _limit; in most cases this is 10,000 but some are lower. To fetch more registrations, either page through the results using the _offset parameter or use the download endpoint to access the full dataset.
Return a list of items starting at the given index. Can be used with the _limit parameter to page through results
Exact name of the registration or permit holder; use name-search or completion endpoint to search for a name
The exact registration number of a permit; use number-search or completion endpoint to search for a registration number. These may contain forbidden URL charchters such as /. Note that unlike the ID path parameter, this corresponds to the registrationNumber field, not the notation field.
Code representing a specific type of exemption
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| D1 | Depositing waste from dredging inland waters |
| D2 | Depositing waste from a railway sanitary convenience |
| D3 | Depositing waste from a portable sanitary convenience |
| D4 | Depositing agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health Notice |
| D5 | Depositing waste samples for testing or analysis |
| D6 | Disposal by incineration |
| D7 | Burning waste in the open |
| D8 | Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health Notice |
| S1 | Storing waste in secure containers |
| S2 | Storing waste in a secure place |
| S3 | Storing sludge |
| T1 | Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste |
| T10 | Sorting mixed waste |
| T11 | Repairing or refurbishing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) |
| T12 | Manually treating waste |
| T13 | Treating waste food |
| T14 | Crushing and emptying vehicle waste oil filters |
| T15 | Treating waste aerosol cans |
| T16 | Treating waste toner and ink cartridges |
| T17 | Crushing waste fluorescent tubes |
| T18 | Using flocculants to remove water from waste |
| T19 | Physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel |
| T2 | Recovering textiles |
| T20 | Treating waste at a water treatment works |
| T21 | Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works |
| T23 | Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment |
| T24 | Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning resulting biogas |
| T25 | Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning resulting biogas |
| T26 | Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery |
| T27 | Treatment of sheep dip using organophosphate-degrading enzyme |
| T28 | Sort and denature controlled drugs for disposal |
| T29 | Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal |
| T30 | Recovery of silver |
| T31 | Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids |
| T32 | Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter |
| T33 | Recovery of central heating oil by filtration |
| T4 | Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc) |
| T5 | Screening and blending waste |
| T6 | Treating waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising |
| T8 | Mechanically treating end-of-life tyres |
| T9 | Recovering scrap metal |
| U1 | Use of waste in construction |
| U10 | Spreading waste to benefit agricultural land |
| U11 | Spreading waste to benefit non-agricultural land |
| U12 | Using mulch |
| U13 | Spreading plant matter to provide benefits |
| U14 | Incorporating ash into soil |
| U15 | Spreading of pig and poultry ash |
| U16 | Using depolluted end-of-life vehicles for parts |
| U2 | Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction |
| U3 | Construction of entertainment or educational installations |
| U4 | Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance |
| U5 | Using biodiesel produced from waste as fuel |
| U6 | Using sludge to re-seed a waste water treatment plant |
| U7 | Using effluent to clean a highway gravel bed |
| U8 | Using waste for a specified purpose |
| U9 | Using waste to manufacture finished goods |
Response
A list of registrations matching search criteria
Example response
{
"meta": {
"publisher": "Environment Agency",
"licence": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence",
"documentation": "http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/api-reference.html",
"hasFormat": [
"http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/scrap-metal-dealers/registration.html?_limit=10",
"http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/scrap-metal-dealers/registration.csv?_limit=10",
"http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/scrap-metal-dealers/registration.rdf?_limit=10",
"http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/scrap-metal-dealers/registration.ttl?_limit=10"
]
},
"items": [
{
"register": {
"@id": "http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/waste-exemptions/register",
"label": "Waste Exemption Registrations for England"
},
"type": [
"http://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/def/registration/RegisterItem"
],
"holder": {
"type": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person",
"hasAddress": {
"address": "Dragonfly House, 2 Gilders Way, Norwich, NR3 1UB",
"organization_name": "Environment Agency",
"street_address": "2 Gilders Way",
"locality": "Norwich"
}
},
"exemption": [
{
"registrationDate": "2020-09-12",
"expiryDate": "2020-09-12"
}
],
"site": [
{
"siteAddress": {
"address": "Dragonfly House, 2 Gilders Way, Norwich, NR3 1UB",
"organization_name": "Environment Agency",
"street_address": "2 Gilders Way",
"locality": "Norwich",
"postcodeURI": "http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/id/postcodeunit/NR31UB"
}
}
]
}
]
}