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Fees and charges

The Secretary of State has prescribed schemes in order for local authorities to levy fees and charges from industries which operate processes under two air pollution regimes:

  1. Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC): Part B activities/installations are subject to local authority air pollution control only.  This supersedes the LAPC regime from April 2008.
  2. Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC): Part A2 activities/installations which are subject to local authority multi-media regulation (i.e. regulated for emissions to air, water, land, vibration, noise etc).

The two regimes were given effect by the Pollution Prevention and Control Act (PPC) and regulations thereunder.  They transferred into the new Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) framework on 6 April 2008.  Guidance for local authorities and other stakeholders with an interest in the PPC provisions of the EPR can be found in the General Guidance Manual.

These charges are set by the Secretary of State after consultation. Details on each of these - in so far as they currently apply - are set out below.

A “risk method” is applied giving a risk rating (low, medium or high) to each industrial installation dependent upon a variety of factors such as the inherent risk of the activity to the environment, operator performance, and the (reasonable) time taken by the regulating officers to carry out their work.

Fees and charges scheme 2008 / 2009

For a summary of the 2008-9 scheme contents please see the "notification letter" containing helpful information on the changes made to the schemes and providing a convenient tabular breakdown of charges in the appendices at the end of the letter.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs