Environmental permits
Environmental permit fees
Local Authority Pollution Prevention Control (LAPPC) charges for 2011/12
Notes
- Subsistence charges can be paid in four equal quarterly instalments paid on 1st April, 1st July, 1st October and 1st January. Where paid quarterly the total amount payable to the local authority will be increased by £36.
- Reduced fee activities are: Service Stations, Vehicle Refinishers, Dry Cleaners and Small Waste Oil Burners under 0.4MW.
- An additional fee of £50 may be charged in the event that the subsistence fee is not paid within 8 weeks of the invoice date.
Charges
- Application fees
- Annual subsistence charges
- Transfer and surrender
- Mobile plant
- Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (LA-IPPC)
- Environment Agency subsistence fees for discharge to controlled waters.
Application fees
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process | £1579 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit | £1137 |
| Reduced fee activities (except vehicle refinishers) | £148 |
| PVR I & II (petrol vapour recovery stages 1b and II combined) | £246 |
| Vehicle refinishers (VRs) | £346 |
| Reduced fee activities: Additional fee for operating without a permit | £68 |
| Mobile screening and crushing plant | £1579 |
| Mobile screening and crushing plant: for the third to seventh applications | £943 |
| Mobile screening and crushing plant: for the eighth and subsequent applications | £477 |
Where an application for any of the above is for a combined Part B and waste application, add an extra £297 to the above amounts.
Annual subsistence charges
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process | Low - £739 (+ £99) * |
| Reduced fee activities | Low - £76 |
| PVR I & II (petrol vapour recovery stages 1b and II combined) Medium component | Low - £108 Medium - £216 |
| Vehicle refinishers | Low - £218 |
| Odorising of natural gas | no longer required |
| Mobile screening and crushing plant: for first and second permits | Low - £618 |
| Mobile screening and crushing plant: for the third to seventh permits | Low - £368 |
| Mobile screening and crushing plant: eighth and subsequent permits | Low - £189 |
Note:
Where a Part B installation is subject to reporting under the E-PRTR (European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) Regulation, add an extra £99 to the above amounts.
Transfer and surrender
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process transfer | £162 |
| Standard process partial transfer | £476 |
| New operator at low risk reduced fee activity | £75 |
| Surrender: all Part B activities | £0 |
| Reduced fee activities: transfer | £0 |
| Reduced fee activities: partial transfer | £45 |
| Temporary transfer for mobiles: first transfer | £51 |
| Temporary transfer for mobiles: repeat transfer | £10 |
| Temporary transfer for mobiles: repeat following enforcement or warning | £51 |
| Substantial change: Standard process | £1005 |
| Substantial change: Standard process where the substantial change results in a new PPC activity | £1579 |
| Substantial change: Reduced fee activities | £98 |
Mobile plant
| Number of permits | Application fee | Subsistence fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £1579 | Low - £618 |
| 2 | £1579 | Low - £618 |
| 3 | £943 | Low - £368 |
| 4 | £943 | Low - £368 |
| 5 | £943 | Low - £368 |
| 6 | £943 | Low - £368 |
| 7 | £943 | Low - £368 |
| 8 and over | £477 | Low - £189 |
Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (LA-IPPC)
Note: Every subsistence charge in this table includes the additional £99 charge to cover Local Authority extra costs in dealing with reporting under the E-PRTR (European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) Regulation.
| Type of charge | Local authority element |
|---|---|
| Application | £3218 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit | £1137 |
| Annual subsistence | Low - £1384 |
| Substantial variation | £1309 |
| Transfer | £225 |
| Partial transfer | £668 |
| Surrender | £668 |
Environment Agency subsistence fees for discharge to controlled waters
Notes
- Subsistence charges can be paid in four equal quarterly instalments paid on 1st April, 1st July, 1st October and 1st January. Where paid quarterly the total amount payable to the local authority will be increased by £36. There is no extra fee payable to the Environment Agency where quarterly payments are made.
- Newspaper adverts may be required under EPR at the discretion of the Local Authority (LA) as part of the consultation process when considering an application (see Chapter 9 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Environmental Permitting Guidance|
). This will be undertaken and paid for by the LA and the charging scheme contains a provision for the LA to recoup its costs.
| Charge band | Charge | Applicability |
|---|---|---|
| A | £2270 | Where permit conditions contain numerical water discharge limits other than for the pollutants or parameters listed in bands B and C. |
| B | £760 | Where permit conditions contain numerical water discharge limits for BOD (biological oxygen demand), COD (chemical oxygen demand) or ammonia. |
| C | £222 | Where permit conditions contain numerical limits for water flow, volume, suspended solids, pH, temperature, or oil or grease. |
| D | £66 | Where conditions are included in a permit which do not fall within any of the descriptions in bands A-C (e.g. descriptive conditions). |
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