# Oil tank regulations UK: Oil Tank Duties and Thresholds

> The Oil Tank Duties and Thresholds carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 5,000 to 5,000 GBP, read 24 October 2026.

Oil Tank Removal Cost · https://oiltankremovalcost.co.uk/datasets/oil-tank-duties-and-thresholds/ · computed 2026-10-25

**Range of the published figures:** 5,000 to 5,000 GBP (range 5,000 to 5,000 GBP; 1 published figures; 2 of 11 sources read publish one).

2 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 24 October 2026.

## By duty

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| duty oil storage regulations, maximum fine on summary conviction | 5,000 GBP | 5,000 to 5,000 GBP | 1 |
| duty secondary containment capacity | 110 % | 110 to 110 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [The Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2954) | 5,000 GBP | oil storage regulations, maximum fine on summary conviction | 2026-10-24 |
| [GOV.UK, oil storage regulations (storing oil at a home or business)](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-oil-at-a-home-or-business) | 110 % | secondary containment capacity | 2026-10-24 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (2)

- [The Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2954), read 2026-10-24: "Failure to comply with any of the requirements of regulations 3 to 5 or a notice under regulation 7 is a criminal offence (see regulation 9), punishable on conviction on indictment to an unlimited fine or on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (currently £5,000)."
- [GOV.UK, oil storage regulations (storing oil at a home or business)](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-oil-at-a-home-or-business), read 2026-10-24: "If the containers are hydraulically linked, but have separate secondary containment, each separate secondary bund or drip tray must have a capacity of at least 110% of the combined capacity of all the containers."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [GOV.UK, storing oil at your home or business: overview](https://www.gov.uk/oil-storage-regulations-and-safety), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Welsh Government, prevention of pollution (oil storage) (Wales) regulations](https://www.gov.wales/prevention-pollution-oil-storage-wales-regulations), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK, Approved Document J (combustion appliances and fuel storage systems)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/combustion-appliances-and-fuel-storage-systems-approved-document-j), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK, storing agricultural fuel oil and constructing storage](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-agricultural-fuel-oil-and-constructing-storage), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [nidirect, domestic oil installation and boiler servicing](https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/node/1025), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Planning Portal, Approved Document J](https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/approved-documents/part-j-combustion-appliances-and-fuel-storage-systems/approved-document-j/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Approved Document J 2022 (PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1108428/ADJ_2022.pdf), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Environment Agency guidance note for the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations (PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a789bf2ed915d07d35b1066/pb5765-oil-storage-011101.pdf), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [JDP, domestic oil storage tank regulations](https://www.jdpipes.co.uk/knowledge/storage-tanks/domestic-oil-storage-tank-regulations.html), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 11 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 9 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 24 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): One row per duty per UK nation - the oil-storage regulations (England 2001, Scotland 2006, Wales 2016, Northern Ireland 2010), Approved Document J's siting and fire-separation rules, and the waste duty of care that decides who may carry the tank away - each with the CAPACITY THRESHOLD that switches it on, quoted verbatim from the instrument or the regulator's own page with its date. The derivation nobody publishes is the four-nation comparison at a single capacity: an identical 2,500-litre garden tank is caught by a different instrument, a different threshold and a different regulator depending on which side of a border it stands, and the thresholds themselves disagree (90 litres for Part J's siting rules, 201 litres at a business, 3,501 litres at a home). Changed-since is the release.

## Sources

- [The Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2954) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK, oil storage regulations (storing oil at a home or business)](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-oil-at-a-home-or-business) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK, storing oil at your home or business: overview](https://www.gov.uk/oil-storage-regulations-and-safety) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Water Environment (Oil Storage) (Scotland) Regulations 2006](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/133/contents/made) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/359/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Welsh Government, prevention of pollution (oil storage) (Wales) regulations](https://www.gov.wales/prevention-pollution-oil-storage-wales-regulations) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/412/contents/made) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK, Approved Document J (combustion appliances and fuel storage systems)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/combustion-appliances-and-fuel-storage-systems-approved-document-j) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK, storing agricultural fuel oil and constructing storage](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-agricultural-fuel-oil-and-constructing-storage) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [nidirect, domestic oil installation and boiler servicing](https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/node/1025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Planning Portal, Approved Document J](https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/approved-documents/part-j-combustion-appliances-and-fuel-storage-systems/approved-document-j/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Approved Document J 2022 (PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1108428/ADJ_2022.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Environment Agency guidance note for the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations (PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a789bf2ed915d07d35b1066/pb5765-oil-storage-011101.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [JDP, domestic oil storage tank regulations](https://www.jdpipes.co.uk/knowledge/storage-tanks/domestic-oil-storage-tank-regulations.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Oil Tank Duties and Thresholds carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 5,000 to 5,000 GBP, read 24 October 2026.
- 2 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 24 October 2026.
- Oil Tank Duties and Thresholds, duty oil storage regulations, maximum fine on summary conviction: median 5,000 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
- Oil Tank Duties and Thresholds, duty secondary containment capacity: median 110 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

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