What this covers (20 activity descriptions)
  • Alabaster mine
  • Anhydrite mine or quarry
  • Basalt mine
  • Blackstone quarry
  • Blue pennant stone quarry
  • Chalk pit or quarry
  • Crushing and breaking of stone
  • Flagstone quarry
  • Freestone mine or quarry
  • Granite quarrying (rough trimming and sawing)
  • Gypsum mine or quarry
  • Igneous rock quarry
  • Limestone including dolomite mine or quarry
  • Limestone quarrying
  • Marble quarrying (rough trimming and sawing)
  • Marl mining
  • Ornamental and building stone
  • Ragstone quarry
  • Rough trimming and sawing of building and monumental stone
  • Sandstone mine

Guidance for this activity

Get authorisation for a water activity in Scotland (CAR)

How to comply with Scotland's Controlled Activities Regulations (CAR 2011) for any activity affecting surface water or groundwater — abstraction, impoundment, engineering in or near a water body, and discharges. Covers the four-tier authorisation system (General Binding Rules, Registration, Simple Licence, Complex Licence), pre-application advice, fees, and enforcement, all administered by SEPA.

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