Charges

Anyone applying for a permit or operating under a permit must pay the relevant local authority an amount specified by Defra.  The income from these application fees and subsistence charges is intended to recover local authorities’ costs in undertaking their regulatory functions.  This is in line with the “polluter pays” principle.

Extension of Simplified Permitting

Simplified permits, and reduced fees, have been in place for several years for dry cleaners, petrol stations, small waste oil burners and vehicle refinishers. As part of the Review of Process Guidance (PG) Notes new model permits are being introduced with associated reduced fees. The latest batch covering the mineral sector was issued in September 2012 and the Part B Charging Scheme has been revised accordingly. See below;

• List of Charges 2013/14 (revised 3 April)

Also available are:

• Notification letter to local authorities 2013
• Part B (LAPPC) charging scheme 2013  (Revised 3 April)
• Part A(2) (LA-IPPC) charging scheme 2013 (Revised 28 March)

Small Waste Incineration Plant (SWIPs)
SWIPs are to be treated as equivalent to A(2)s for the purposes of charging and risk assessment unless covered by Part B of section 5.1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Environmental Permitting Regulations, in which case they are Part B activities.

In November 2012 Defra consulted on proposed charges for 2013/14.

See  Summary of responses (February 2013)

Reduced charges:  mothballing or reduced operating levels

Operators who want to retain their existing permit but have either temporarily mothballed their installation are operating at below the level at which a permit is required, can in specified circumstances ask for a reduced annual subsistence charge.

• Mothball Guidance  (Updated  March 2013)
• Declaration (Word 45 KB) (Amended 14 July 2009)
• Declaration (PDF 80 KB)
• Sample Letters (Word 30 KB)(Amended 14 July 2009)

Risk

Annual permit charges take account of risk.  The methodology factors in the environmental impact of each installation and the operator performance.  Lower risk installations are expected to need fewer inspections, although these will not be local authorities’ only chargeable activities.

Guidance on inspection frequency can be found in paragraphs 27.20-23 of Part A of the General Guidance Manual

There are two separate risk methodologies:  one for LAPPC (Part B) activities (updated March 2013), and one for LA-IPPC (A2) activities (Updated March 2013)

Sample LAPPC score sheets have been kindly provided by local authority officers who have allowed us to make them available.  Thanks to Claire Bell (formerly at South Bedfordshire), Richard Atherton (Shropshire), Tommy Moorhouse (Calderdale), Gerg Jambor (Birmingham) and Ann Mark (Barking and Dagenham).

• Part 1 (Word 75 KB)
• Parts 1 and 2 (Excel 80 KB)
• Part 2 (Word 60 KB)
• Part 2 (Word 70 KB)
• Part 2 (Excel 100 KB)
• Part 2 (Excel 75 KB)

Downloads

31 October 2012

• List of Charges Revised October 2012 (pdf, 76 KB)
• Part B Charging Scheme revised October 2012 (pdf, 175 KB)
• A2 Charging Scheme revised October 2012 (pdf, 142 KB)