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Environmental Health fees and charges



Animal licensing (2024/25)

DescriptionTotalPart APart B
Pet Shops / Animal Boarding / Dog Day Care / Dog Breeding / Riding establishments with 1 or 2 stars - 1 year £656£410£246
Pet Shops / Animal Boarding / Dog Day Care / Dog Breeding / Riding establishments with 3 or 4 stars - 2 years £789£410£379
Pet Shops / Animal Boarding / Dog Day Care / Dog Breeding / Riding establishments with 5 stars - 3 years £924£410£514
Franchise Dog Boarding and Day Care additional charge per host £72  
Supplementary fee for addition licensable activity provided by business at one site £72  
Exhibiting Animals 3 year licence £814£410£404
Requests for Reinspection £145   
Requests for Admin Variation £40  
Pre-Licence Application Advice and Visit (per hour) £40  
Request for Inspector Visit Change in Rating (per hour) £87  
Dangerous Wild Animals £730  
Zoo £1670  

Food and safety (2024/25)

DescriptionPrice
Voluntary Surrender of Unsound Food £247
Food Export Certificate £146
Food Export Certificate New Businesses £302
Admin Charge for changes to Certificates, re-issue of Certificates £27
Food business pre-opening advice, sampling etc. (hourly rate) £85
Charge for Re-Visit and Re-scoring under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme £205

Tattooing, electrolysis, acupuncture and ear-piercing (2024/25)

DescriptionPrice
Skin Piercing / Tattooing Registration £354
Additional registration of tattoo / piercing or other beauty treatment by registered tattooist £64
Tattoo & other beauty treatments Events £222
Per new artist & practitioner at event £35

Contaminated land and private water supply (2024/25)

DescriptionPrice
Contaminated Land search fee per hour £27
Requests for Enhanced Environmental Information for Contaminated Land and Professional Opinion (hourly rate) £85
Pre Application Consultation for Environmental Health Advice for Acoustics, Air Quality, Contaminated Land Assessments and S.61 Control of Pollution Act 1974 agreements (hourly rate) £85
Private Water
Undertaking Risk Assessment, Sampling, Investigation and Derogations (hourly rate)
£85
Private Water laboratory analysis Charges passed on to requestor