What this covers (20 activity descriptions)
  • Ball clay extraction (mine or opencast working)
  • China clay (ground) production
  • China clay pit
  • China stone mine
  • Clay extraction for brick
  • Clay mining
  • Clay quarrying
  • Coated roadstone production
  • Coated tarmacadam production
  • Fireclay mine or quarry
  • Flint bed
  • Flint grit production
  • Fuller's earth pit
  • Gravel and sand breaking and crushing
  • Gravel pit or quarry
  • Kaolin mining
  • Pebble dredging
  • Pipeclay pit
  • Potters' clay mine or quarry
  • Refractory clays mining

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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