Oh the irony

Augean only have to apply for planning permission for low level
radioactive waste because their existing planning permission restricts
them to handling Hazardous Waste.

In other words, LLW is so non-hazardous that it doesn't fall within
their exiting permission. How bizarre.

"The answer to your question is that it all depends upon what the
existing planning permission for waste disposal at any site allows. The
Planning Permission which exists at King’s Cliffe is for the disposal of
Hazardous waste only and this does not include Low Level Radioactive
Waste (LLW). The situation at Lillyhall, as I understand it, is that the permission
for waste disposal does not have any restrictions on the types of waste
which could be deposited at the site and has taken high volumes of Very
Low Level Radioactive Waste (VLLW) since 1995. As such and based on
legal advice Cumbria County Council accepted that the LLW disposal is
permitted.

Phil Watson

Development Control Manager
Planning Development Control
Northamptonshire County Council"