Environmental Protection fees and charges effective from 1st April 2024.
Discretionary fees
| Product/Service | Costs | Notes (where applicable) |
| Private Water Supplies provision of information report | £153.00 (£127.50 plus VAT) |
Up to 1.5 hours work |
| Public Health Funerals | £5,894.00* | |
| Return of Ashes | £43.00* | |
| Exhumations |
£1,119.00* |
Includes up to 7 hours of attendance. |
| Provision of Information (excluding contaminated land) | £102.00 per hour (£85.00 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 | £306.00 (£255.00 plus VAT) | Up to 3 hours work |
Statutory fees
| Product/Service | Costs | Notes (where applicable) |
| Private water supplies – sampling | £136.00** + laboratory costs |
Additional charge for multiple invoicing £20.00 |
| Private water supplies – risk assessments |
Private water supplies – risk assessments £356.00** (£315.00*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 |
£569.00** |
Larger/complex/high risk sites that require EHO/EPO involvement |
|
Investigation Fee |
|
£70.00 per hour** |
VAT included at standard rate except:
* VAT exempt
**Outside the scope of VAT
