Cooling towers and evaporative condensers

If your business premises has a device to cool water or other fluids by the passage of large volumes of air across them, you must notify us of their location under the Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.

The purpose of the notification is to:

• identify potential areas that could give rise to the spread of an infection. For example, legionella
• make sure preventative measures are taken to eliminate the risk of infection arising to employees and the public

The number of cooling towers on site should be noted on the notification form. This is regardless of whether it's the council or Health and Safety Executive that's the enforcing authority for the premises concerned.

The Health and Safety Executive inspect cooling towers and evaporative condensers for legal compliance.

To contact the team call 0161 474 4181 or email health.safety@stockport.gov.uk

How to notify us

Notify the council

You can also download and complete the cooling tower notification (PDF 108Kb).

Return your completed form to:

Licensing Team
Fred Perry House
Edward Street
Stockport
SK1 3XE

Regulation summary

Read the Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.

Tacit consent

Tacit consent does apply to this application. This means that you will be able to act as though your registration is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period.

Public register

The notification of cooling towers and evaporative condensers regulations 1992.