FOI Scrap Metal Dealer Licensing
Case reference FOI2025/00970
Received 10 November 2025
Published 13 November 2025
Request
I would like to make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the following data:
• How many scrap metal dealer sites currently have a site licence in your area/council/authority?
• How many scrap metal collectors (mobile) currently have a site licence in your area/council/authority?
• When did you last share these data with the Environment Agency to enable them to add them to the Register?
In addition, under the same FOI, I would be grateful if you could tell me:
• How much were your licences (site and collector each) in 2025?
• How much do you intend to charge (respectively) in 2026?
• How many visits to scrap metal sites have your officers undertaken in 2025?
Many thanks in advance for help with this matter.
Response
The information you are seeking is published by the Environment Agency, who maintain the statutory public register for scrap metal dealers. As the information is already publicly available from another source, Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (information accessible by other means) applies.
You can access the Environment Agency’s public register here: Scrap Metal Dealers.
Documents
This is South Derbyshire District Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.
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