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How we work together

Find out how we consult with the public and organisations on applications for permits.

Our public participation statement

This describes our overall approach to consulting on applications for new permits and applications to change them:

Working together agreements

We like to have Working Together Agreements with organisations that help us in our decision-making process. These set out what applications they want to see and how they will respond.

We are currently in discussions with various organisations, agreeing how existing ones could be updated and making arrangements for the activities coming into environmental permitting in April 2010. Existing arrangements will continue until the agreements are made.

The following existing agreements are in discussion:

We are seeking agreement on the following new ones:

  • British Waterways

The following agreements have been updated to cover environmental permitting phase two:

The following have been agreed: