Environmental Health Fees and Charges
All fees and charges apply from 1 January 2020.
Animal control
| Pest | Full charge | Concessionary |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Rats & Mice | £52 | £39 |
| Rats & Mice (House in multiple occupation) | £124 | |
| (b) Cockroaches, bedbugs (single family dwelling | £78 | £58.50 |
| Cockroaches, bedbugs (House in multiple occupation) | £124 | |
| (c) Wasps | £64 | £48 |
| (d) Fleas, ants, silverfish & other insects not in (b) or (c) above | £124 | £93 |
A call-out charge may be made in any individual case where a visit is made and treatment is not carried out (for example, where the client insists on a visit in respect of a wasp's nest out of season).
Concessions
The concessionary rate of 75% is applied where the householder is in receipt of:
- Income Support
- Job seekers allowance (income based), ESA (IB)
- Guaranteed pension credit
- Council tax reduction
- Housing benefit
- Working Tax Credit
- Child Tax Credit
- Universal Credit
N.B. The Head of Service and Environmental Health Managers have discretion to waive all or part of the charge in exceptional circumstances for example where there is a risk to public health and the householder is unable to pay.
| Pest | Charge |
|---|---|
| (a) All insect treatments | £124 inc |
| (b) Rats and mice | £124 inc |
Additional charges may be made for materials
Please note: Payment to be made at the time of treatment. Invoices will not normally be issued.
| Microchipping | Prescribed sum / admin charge | Kennelling |
|---|---|---|
| Microchipped with correct details | £50 (includes first day kennel charge) | |
| Not microchipped / incorrect details | £75 (includes first day of kennel charge) | £15 per day (or part |
Return of dog from kennels to owner's premises £40
Reduction in fee if owner agrees to dog being microchipped by kennels before return.
- Kennelling will be charged for every day (or part thereof) that the dog is held at the kennels.
- No reduction available if dog is microchipped with incorrect details.
- No charge if dog is microchipped and returned to owner without going to kennels
- Admin charge reduced by 50% if dog is microchipped and tagged as required by legislation.
The Head of Service and Environmental Health Managers have discretion to waive all or part of the charges in exceptional circumstances.
Other dog charges
Fixed penalty dog fouling - £50
Animal Licensing
| Activity | Part A fee payable on application | Part B fee payable on grant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First application | Renewal | One year | Two year | Three year | |
| Selling animals as pets | £218 | £122 | £115 | £165 | £215 |
| Providing boarding for cats | £218 | £122 | £115 | £165 | £215 |
| Providing boarding for dogs in kennels | £218 | £122 | £115 | £165 | £215 |
| Providing day care for dogs | £193 | £97 | £115 | £165 | £215 |
| Breeding dogs | £193 | £97 | £115 | £165 | £215 |
| Hiring out horses | £218 | £122 | £115 | £165 | £215 |
| Keeping or training animals for exhibition | £218 | £122 | £115 | £165 | £215 |
NB: All fees above are exclusive of vets fees where a vet inspection is required.
Combination of activities - highest applicable activity application fee shown above plus £29 per additional activity added to the Part A fee.
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| Re-inspection for re-rating purposes | £145 |
| Zoos - initial grant or renewal of licence excluding vet fees | £1,925 |
| Dangerous Wild Animals - licence excluding vet fees | £371 |
Other Charges
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Issue of certificate of Destruction or Unfit or Unsound Food excluding disposal costs | £133 |
| (b) Health Certificate for Food Export | £108 |
| Health Certificate for Good Export - amendment | £18 |
| (c) Food Hygiene Rating Scheme re-rating | £172 |
| (d) Chargeable time where no specific fee is set for example, work in default notices: | |
| Hourly rate EHL Manager | £84.31 |
| Hourly rate EHL Team Leader | £68.67 |
| Hourly rate Technical / Licensing Officer | £42.01 |
| Hourly rate EHO | £55.19 |
| Administrator | £24.41 |
| Copies of notices or documents / requests for info | Hourly rate Minimum 1 hour |
LAPC and LAPPC charges
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Standard process | £1,650 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit | £1,188 |
| (b) Reduced fee activities | £155 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit | £99 |
| (c) Vehicle refinishers | £362 |
| (d) Mobile plant for example, screening and crushing | £1,650 |
| For the third to seventh applications | £985 |
| For the eighth and subsequent applications | £498 |
| (e) PVR I and II | £257 |
Where an application for any of the above is for a combined Part B and waste application add an extra £310 to the above amounts.
Annual subsistence charge (renewal)
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Standard Process | |
| Low | £722 (+£103)* |
| Medium | £1,161 (+£156)* |
| High | £1,747 (+£207) |
| (b) Vehicle refinishers - Low / Medium / High | £228 / £365 / £548 |
| (c) Reduced fee activities - Low / Medium / High | £79 / £158 / £237 |
| (d) Mobile screening and crushing plant - Low / Medium / High | £646 / £1,034 / £1,506 |
| For the third to seventh authorisations | £385 / £617 / £924 |
| For the eighth and subsequent authorisations | £198 / £316 / £473 |
| (e) PVR I and II | £113 / £226 / £341 |
| (f) Late payment fee | £52 |
*The additional amounts in brackets must be charges where a permit is for a combined Part B and waste installation.
Where a Part B installation is subject to reporting under the E-PRTR Regulation, add an extra £103 to the above amounts.
Transfer and Surrender
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Standard process transfer | £169 |
| (b) Standard process partial transfer | £497 |
| (c) New operator at low risk reduced fee activity | £78 |
| (d) Surrender | £0 |
| (e) Transfer: reduced fee activities | £0 |
| (f) Partial transfer: reduced fee activities | £47 |
| (g) Temporary transfer for mobiles - first transfer | £53 |
| (h) Temporary transfer for mobiles - repeat transfer | £10 |
| (i) Temporary transfer for mobiles - repeat following enforcement or warning | £53 |
Substantial Changes s10 and s11
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Standard process | £1,050 |
| (b) Standard process where the substantial change results in a new activity | £1,650 |
| (c) Reduced fee activities | £102 |
Charges can be paid in four equal quarters.
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Single application | £472 |
| (b) Town Centre promotion commercial | £54 |
| (c) Town Centre promotion voluntary / charity | £0 |
| (d) Farmers Market annual | £102 |
| (e) Farmers Market occasional | £54 |
| (f) Stevenage Day / Carnival / Open Air events commercial trader | £54 |
| (g) Stevenage Day / Carnival / Open Air events voluntary / charity | £0 |
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Registration of premises and one practitioner | £379 |
| (b) Registration of premises only | £294 |
| (c) Registration of persons | £160 |
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Sex cinema licence | £3,033 |
| (b) Sex shop licence | £3,033 |
| (c) Licence renewal | £576 |
| (d) Transfer charge | £480 |
| (e) Variation | £426 |
Licensing Act 2003
Premises Licence / Club Premises Certificate
(a) Application for a provisional statement where premises being built - £315
(b) Application for a new licence / certificate, variation of licence / certificate and annual fee payable:
| Band / Rateable Value | Cost for new licence / club premises certificate | Multiplier (£)(premises exclusive or primarily supplying alcohol for consumption on the premises) | Annual Fee (£) (payable on anniversary of initial grant date) |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) 0 - 4,300 | £100 | £70 | |
| (b) 4,301 - 33,000 | £190 | £180 | |
| (C) 33,001 - 87,000 | £315 | £295 | |
| (D) 87001 - 125,000 | £450 or | £900 | £320 or £640 |
| (e) 125,001 + | £635 or | £1,905 | £350 or £1,050 |
If the premises hold 5,000 persons or more the following additional fees apply.
| Capacity | Additional Fee £ |
Additional Annual £ |
|---|---|---|
| 5,000 - 9,999 | £1,000 | £500 |
| 10,000 - 14,999 | £2,000 | £1,000 |
| 15,000 - 19,999 | £4,000 | £2,000 |
| 20,000 - 29,999 | £8,000 | £4,000 |
| 30,000 - 39,999 | £16,000 | £8,000 |
| 40,000 - 49,999 | £24,000 | £12,000 |
| 50,000 - 59,999 | £32,000 | £16,000 |
| 60,000 - 69,999 | £40,000 | £20,000 |
| 70,000 - 79,999 | £48,000 | £24,000 |
| 80,000 - 89,999 | £56,000 | £28,000 |
| 90,000+ | £64,000 | £32,000 |
(c) Theft, loss, etc of premises licence / club premises certificate or summary - £10.50
(d) Notification of change of licence holder name or address - £10.50
(e) Notification of change of name and address or premises supervisor - £10.50
(f) Application for transfer of premises licence - £23.00
(g) Application to vary licence to specify individual as premises supervisor - £23.00
(h) Interim authority notice following death etc of licence holder
(i) Right of freeholder (i.e. parties with vested interest) to be notified of licensing matters - £21.00
(j) Change of name or club rules on a club premises certificate £10.50
(k) Change of relevant registered address of club - £10.50
(l) Minor variation - £89.00
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Application for a grant or renewal or personal licence | £37.00 |
| (b) Notification of change of name and address | £10.50 |
| (c)Theft, loss etc of personal licence | £10.50 |
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Temporary Event notice | £21.00 |
| (b) Theft, loss etc of temporary event notice | £10.50 |
Housing Act 2004
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| Licence for Housing in Multiple Occupation (HMO) initial application | £730 |
| Replacement licence due to theft, loss change of address or minor variation | £10 |
| Additional charge for HMO where application is initiated by applicant with local authority intervention | £317 |
| Service of improvement notice / prohibition order | £394 |
Please note: charges are indicative and additional charges may applying in complex cases.
Gambling Act 2005
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| New (provisional statement) | £5,000 |
| New (no provisional statement) | £10,000 |
Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
| Activity | Fee |
|---|---|
| (a) Site Licence - grant / renewal | £624 |
| (b) Collector Licence - grant / renewal | £359 |
| (c) Change of Site | £254 |
| (d) Change of Site Manager | £82 |
| (e) Change of mobile collector licence to site licence | £570 |
| (f) Change of site licence to mobile collector licence | £131 |
| (g) Cost of badge | £5 |