Environmental Protection fees and charges effective from 1st April 2026.
Discretionary fees
| Product/Service | Costs | Notes (where applicable) |
| Private Water Supplies provision of information report | £210.00 (£175.00 plus VAT) |
Up to 1.5 hours work |
| Public Health Funerals | £6,747.00* | |
| Return of Ashes | Nil | |
| Exhumations |
£1,281.00* |
Includes up to 7 hours of attendance. |
| Provision of Information (excluding contaminated land) | £147.60 per hour (£123.00 plus VAT) or part thereof | |
| Contaminated land - provision of information report | £210.00 (£175.00 plus VAT) | Up to 1.5 hours work |
| Issue of Factual Statement | £367.20 (£306.00 plus VAT) | Up to 3 hours work |
| Works in default | Contractors charges at cost + £122.40 (£102.00 plus VAT) per hour or part thereof | Storage charge £4.00 per day or part thereof |
Statutory fees
| Product/Service | Costs | Notes (where applicable) |
| Private water supplies – sampling | £155.00** + laboratory costs |
Additional charge for multiple invoicing £20.00 |
| Private water supplies – risk assessments |
Private water supplies – risk assessments £408.00** (£360.00*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 |
£652.00** |
Larger/complex/high risk sites that require EHO/EPO involvement |
|
Investigation Fee |
£80.00 per hour** |
|
| Noise from Licensed Premises Fixed Penalty Charge | £500.00** | Prescribed National Fee |
| Noise from Dwellings Fixed Penalty Charge | £110.00** | Prescribed National Fee |
|
Alarm noise: failure to nominate key-holder or to notify local authority of key-holder’s details Fixed Penalty Charge |
£80.00** | Prescribed National Fee |
VAT included at standard rate except:
* VAT exempt
**Outside the scope of VAT