Application and subsistence fees for environmental permits
There are a number of fees for environmental permits including:
- application fees
- annual subsistence fees
These fees will differ depending on what sort of business you are and how you were rated at your last inspection (low, medium or high risk).
The fees are set and reviewed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Download a PDF version of the environmental permit fees PDF, 160KB.
Fees for Part B permits
Application fees
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process (includes solvent emission activities) | £1650 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit | £1188 |
| Petrol vapour recovery (1) and dry cleaners | £155 |
| Petrol vapour recovery (1 and 2 combined) | £257 |
| VR and other reduced fee activities | £362 |
| Reduced fee activities: additional fee for operating without a permit | £71 |
| Mobile plant (not using simplified permits) | £1650 |
| For the third to seventh applications | £498 |
| 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 | £808 |
Annual subsistence fees
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process (low risk) | £772 (+£104)* |
| Standard process (medium risk) | £1161 (+£156)* |
| Standard process (high risk) | £1747 (+£207) |
| PVR 1, and Dry Cleaners low/medium/high risk | £79/£158/£237 |
| PVR 1 and 2 combined low/medium/high risk | £113/£226/£341 |
| VRs and other reduced fees | £228/£365/£548 |
| Mobile plant, for first and second permits low/medium/high risk** | £626/£1034/£1551 |
| for the third to seventh permits low/medium/high risk | £385/£617/£924 |
| eighth and subsequent permits low/medium/high risk | £198/£316/£473 |
| Late payment fee | £52 |
* The additional amounts in brackets must be charged where a permit is for a combined Part B and waste installation.
** Not using simplified permits.
Where a Part B installation is subject to reporting under the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation, add an extra £104 to the above amounts.
Transfer and surrender fees
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process transfer | £169 |
| Standard process partial transfer | £497 |
| New operator at low risk reduced fee activity (extra one-off subsistence fee - see Art 15(2) of charging scheme) | £78 |
| Surrender: all Part B activities | £0 |
| Reduced fee activities: transfer | £0 |
| Reduced fee activities: partial transfer | £47 |
Temporary transfer for mobile plant
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| First transfer | £53 |
| Repeat following enforcement or warning | £53 |
Substantial change
| Type of process | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard process | £1050 |
| Standard process where the substantial change results in a new PPC activity | £1650 |
| Reduced fee activities | £102 |
Part B mobile plant fees (not using simplified permits)
| Number of permits | Application fee | Subsistence fee if low risk | Subsistence fee if medium risk | Subsistence fee if high risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £1650 | £646 | £1034 | £1506 |
| 2 | £1650 | £646 | £1034 | £1506 |
| 3 | £985 | £385 | £617 | £924 |
| 4 | £985 | £385 | £617 | £924 |
| 5 | £985 | £385 | £617 | £924 |
| 6 | £985 | £385 | £617 | £924 |
| 7 | £985 | £385 | £617 | £924 |
| 8 and over | £498 | £198 | £316 | £473 |
Part A2 fees
Every subsistence fee in the table below includes the additional £104 charge to cover Local Authority costs in dealing with reporting (under the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation).
| Type of fee | Local Authority element |
|---|---|
| Application | £3363 |
| Additional fee for operating without a permit | £1188 |
| Annual Subsistence (low risk) | £1447 |
| Annual Subsistence (medium risk) | £1611 |
| Annual Subsistence (high risk) | £2334 |
| Late payment fee | £52 |
| Variation | £1368 |
| Substantial Variation (where 9 (2) (a) or 9 (2)(b) of the scheme applies) | £3363 |
| Transfer | £235 |
| Partial transfer | £698 |
| Surrender | £698 |