Environmental Protection fees and charges effective from 1st April 2025.
Discretionary fees
| Product/Service | Costs | Notes (where applicable) |
| Private Water Supplies provision of information report | £162.00 (£135.00 plus VAT) |
Up to 1.5 hours work |
| Public Health Funerals | £6,248.00* | |
| Exhumations |
£1,186.00* |
Includes up to 7 hours of attendance. |
| Provision of Information (excluding contaminated land) | £114.00 per hour (£95.00 plus VAT) or part thereof | |
| Contaminated land - provision of information report | £153.00 (£127.50 plus VAT) | Up to 1.5 hours work |
| Issue of Factual Statement | £342.00 (£285.00 plus VAT) | Up to 3 hours work |
Statutory fees
| Product/Service | Costs | Notes (where applicable) |
| Private water supplies – sampling | £144.00** + laboratory costs |
Additional charge for multiple invoicing £20.00 |
| Private water supplies – risk assessments |
Private water supplies – risk assessments £377.00** (£334.00*if questionnaire returned to the Council within 14 days of date of letter) for up to 2 hours on site |
|
| Private water supplies – risk assessment for large sites |
£603.00** |
Larger/complex/high risk sites that require EHO/EPO involvement |
|
Investigation Fee |
£74.00 per hour** |
|
VAT included at standard rate except:
* VAT exempt
**Outside the scope of VAT