Contents
- Schedule of draft fees and charges 2025/26
- Adult social care
- Library services
- Licensing and trading standards
- Outdoor leisure
- Allotments
- Cemeteries
- Environmental health
- Food safety
- Parks and open spaces
- Waste services
- Local land charges, street name and numbering and planning
- Highways
- Parking
- Halls Place and gardens
- Parking season ticket price list
4. Licensing and trading standards
Licensing - Scrap Metal Act 2013
Paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act requires that an application must be accompanied by a fee set by the authority.
The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 introduced two licence types, a Site Licence and a Collectors Licence; and placed the responsibility for the issue and renewal of such licences with the local authority. The local authority has a duty not to issue or renew a licence unless it is satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person to carry on business as a scrap metal dealer. Licences are issued for a 3 year term.
| Fee / Charge | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General admin | General admin charge for work on applications which cannot be resolved/made valid (to be deducted from any refund of application fee – where this exceeds the application fee then no refund shall be given) | £54.00 | £54.00 | 0.00% |
| Site Licence | New Grant | £816.00 | £832.00 | 1.96% |
| Renewal | £662.00 | £675.00 | 1.96% | |
| Variation (Change of Licence type) | £152.00 | £155.00 | 1.97% | |
| Variation – Other | £51.00 | £52.00 | 1.96% | |
| Duplicate | £25.00 | £26.00 | 4.00% | |
| Collectors Licence | New Grant | £413.00 | £421.00 | 1.94% |
| Renewal | £261.00 | £266.00 | 1.92% | |
| Variation (Change of Licence type) | £449.00 | £458.00 | 2.00% | |
| Variation – Other | £51.00 | £52.00 | 1.96% | |
| Duplicate | £25.00 | £26.00 | 4.00% | |
| Pre Application Advice Licensing Act 2003 | Small Application – Up to 1 hour of advice and up to 1 hour meeting regarding small licence applications (at Council offices). | £265.00 | £270.00 | 1.89% |
| Medium Application – Up to 1 hour meeting (at Council offices) and 2 hours advice for medium size applications. | £397.00 | £405.00 | 2.02% | |
| Large Application – Up to 1 hour meeting (at Council offices) and 3–4 hours advice for large applications. | £530.00 | £540.00 | 1.89% |
Trading standards - section 11(4) Weights and Measures Act 1985
| Fee / Charge | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination, adjustment, testing or reporting of equipment, weight or measure | Per hour | £93.00 | £95.00 | 2.15% |
| Provision of regulatory guidance & advice | First 30 mins | Free | Free | - |
| Per hour thereafter | £87.00 | £89.00 | 2.30% |