Cooling tower registration

All premises where cooling towers and evaporative condensers are situated must register with the Council.

T​his is under the Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992. The prime purpose of this is to identify potential areas.

Who needs to notify us?

A business or premises that has wet cooling towers and/or evaporative condensers in Havering needs to notify us.

It is the duty of each person who has, to any extent, control of premises to ensure that no notifiable device is situated on those premises unless the information set out in the Regulations has been notified in writing on the approved form.

These regulations require local authorities (in whose area the equipment is situated), to be notified of wet cooling towers and/or evaporative condensers, regardless of whether or not it is the Council or Health and Safety Executive that is the enforcing authority for the premises concerned.

We will make information from the notifications available to the Health and Safety Executive concerning equipment on premises for which the Health and Safety Executive has enforcement responsibility.

If a cooling tower and/or evaporative condenser becomes redundant and is decommissioned or dismantled, this should also be notified to us.

Purpose of notification

The primary purpose of cooling tower and condenser notification is ensure that the relevant enforcing authority can be satisfied that suitable control measures are in place to protect employees and the general public from the risk of infection by organisms such as legionella.

Cooling Tower Notifications are regulated by the Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.

Apply for a cooling tower notification online

Cooling tower notification application

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Email licensing@havering.gov.uk

Cooling and Evaporative Condensers Register