Current charges

We consulted in 2012 on our charges for 2013/14. Most of our charges have not changed for from the previous year. Our proposals were mainly limited to changes to align our charges with new legislation (Industrial Emissions Directive and Phase III of the Emissions Trading System). 

For more details, see the charging sections and our consultation and approval process page.
  

• Consultation and approvals process

Charging schemes

• Environmental Permitting (EP) charges
  This charging scheme covers waste facilities, installations, mining waste operations, waste exemptions, mobile plant, water quality (discharges to water and groundwater), radioactive substances, waste registrations and other miscellaneous charges.
• Abstraction charges
  We charge abstraction licence holders to fund the costs we incur in ensuring water resources are managed effectively. This also includes details on the Environmental Improvement Unit Charges (EIUC).
• Control of major accident hazards (COMAH) charges
  These charges cover the costs of our regulation as a joint competent authority in the control of major accident hazards.
• CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
  There is a UK wide charging scheme under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme to recover the costs incurred by the four regulating authories. 
• EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) charges
  We regulate the EU ETS in England and have charges to recover the costs of this work and of maintaining the trading registries. The EU ETS includes the aviation sector.
• Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation projects (The Kyoto Mechanisms)
  We are responsible for issuing Letters of Authorisation. There is an application charge for these letters. 
• Climate Change Agreement charges
  We are responsible for administering Climate Change Agreements. There are annual subsistence charges payable for holders of these agreements.

Other charges

• Charging for information
  Find out more about the information we provide for free and what we charge for.
• Fisheries charges
  Rod licence duties, authorisations charges, temporary licence duties and lock and weir fishing permits.
• Flood risk management levies and charges
  The charges and levies we raise to fund our flood defence works. This includes Flood Defence Consents, Internal Drainage Board precepts and General Drainage Charges.
• Navigation charges
  Find out about registering vessels on the waters we are responsible for.
• Pollution incident and cost recovery (PICR)
  We have to recover the costs of pollution incidents.

Please note: All our charges for environmental permits and licences are outside the scope of VAT.