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​Petroleum storage

Trading Standards is the petroleum enforcing authority (PEA) for North Northamptonshire and is responsible for ensuring that those who keep and dispense petrol do not cause risk to the public or the environment.

The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 are in force as of 1 October 2014 and replace the petroleum licensing system with the Petroleum Storage Certificate (PSC). Any petroleum licence which expires after 1 October 2014 will be deemed to be a PSC under the new regulations.

New certificates will be issued as licences expire. Certificates are issued for the premises where the petrol is stored and dispensed, with no reference to person or company (previously known as licencees). Certificates do not have an expiry date and remain in force until either major changes take place or the site ceases to operate for more than 12 months.

The keeper of the fuel must pay an annual fee (set by Health and Safety Fees regulations) which is calculated according to the maximum litreage of petrol stored at the site. The keeper can choose to pay for up to ten years in advance.

For further details and all other petrol related enquiries please contact us.

Renew a petroleum storage certificate

Petrol is highly flammable, explosive and toxic and there are laws that you need to follow if you are storing it.

The regulations have provision for licensing domestic and non-workplace petrol storage where it is kept for private use only.

A person may keep up to 30 litres of petrol in suitable portable containers or in a single demountable fuel tank in a suitable storage place (see Schedule 2 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 for further details).

A person keeping over 30 litres and less than 275 litres must notify the authority in writing with the name of the occupier, address of the premises and confirmation that the petrol is stored in accordance with regulations.

A person keeping in excess of 275 litres will require a licence. Licences may be issued for up to three years and subsequently renewed. They are issued to the licensee personally and are not transferable.

For further details and all other petrol related enquiries please contact us.

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Last updated 30 September 2021