Gareth

You guys are real experts, to someone just trying to get to grips with this and can't roll off regs and paragraph and subsection numbers etc. I have a very basic question.

"experimental manufacturing process buildings"

I am taking this to mean that we have to have a dedicated building in our back gardens to do this stuff?

Not sure how a standard shed can be kept "dry and clean" though, they tend to always be a bit damp and dusty to me?

So this limits the hobby to those with large enough 'back gardens' that can support a fully weather tight workshop?

Such a workshop cannot be used for anything else / storing anything else, as the risk of contamination or reaction is great.  Fair enough.

Further a second facility to store manufactured items is required even ones that are simply drying ready to be used later - so this would be a second building in the garden or some kind of storage container?

You're gonna need a large 'garden' - I am guessing most people on this forum are land owners then :-)

Its a great document and certainly is causing me to think quite a bit.  Right now, to someone just getting started (and started excited and eager) I am now erring on the side of "I don't think I can do this, I don't think I have a facility big enough to support this hobby".

What might be a great annex document would be "a typical example" - i.e. Joe is mad on fireworks and has joined the ukps to learn some hobby pyro.  He lives on a council estate in a mid-terrace.  He has a narrow but long garden separating him from his neighbours etc. etc. Such an example would go on to explain how Joe proceeds, who he contacts, what buildings he needs, what storage and equipment he might need to start and where he can get info on basic experiments to begin with.

BTW this isn't exactly my situation but it's that not far off.

Just heard from EPP by email, they are processing my license but I accept this is no guarantee of success.

The email states this:

"

Your license is being processed but you should be aware that while this license permits you to purchase (and eventually process and use) various explosives precursors and poisons, it does not replace the requirement for licences to manufacture, acquire or keep explosives.  You should check to ensure you also comply with all the requirements of Heath and Safety Executive explosive legislation.

"

Actually this all makes perfect sense, this license is just to give me permission to obtain the chemicals, but these have so many different uses that of course if I create something of an explosive nature with them that is bound to have further regulations applied.

This is fine, just means more paperwork I guess.

BTW I was very upfront about why I wanted the EPP license, I stated for the use of each chemical "Hobby / Experimental use for pyrotechnics".