Community protection fees and charges

Please find below the fees for Community Protection services. Effective from 1st April 2023.

Discretionary Fees

Service/Product	Cost	Notes (where applicable)
Stray dogs
Standard release fee (includes statutory and administration charges)	£85.00 (£25.00* stat fee + £60.00** collection and return fee	Veterinary fees incurred will be added at cost
Out of hours return fee	£40.00 until July 2023 £50.00 from Aug 2023
Out of hours collection fee	£50.00 until July 2023 £55.00 from Aug 2023
Kennelling per day or part thereof	£14.00 until July 2023 £16.00 from Aug 2023
Ancillary fees
Chipping at time of release	£17.00 (£14.17 plus VAT)	Up to three dogs – for more dogs cost on application.
Chipping at Council Office or a chipping event	£30.00 (£25.00 plus VAT)
Chipping at customer’s home	Additional £50.00 (£41.67 plus VAT)
Tags	£7.00 (£5.83 plus VAT)
Waste Bags x 250	£6.00 (£5.00 plus VAT)
Works in default	Contractors charges at cost + £96.00 (£80.00 plus VAT) per hour or part thereof storage charge £4.00 per day or part thereof

Statutory Fees

Product/Service	Cost	Notes (where applicable)
Failure to produce a Waste Transfer Note or a Waste Carrier Licence Fixed Penalty Charge	£300.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Domestic Waste Receptacle Offences Fixed Penalty Charge	£80.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Industrial and Commercial Waste Receptacle Offences Fixed Penalty Charge	£110.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Noise from Licensed Premises Fixed Penalty Charge	£500.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Noise from Dwellings Fixed Penalty Charge	£110.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Alarm noise: failure to nominate key-holder or to notify local authority of key-holder’s details Fixed Penalty Charge	£80.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Unauthorised Distribution of Literature Fixed Penalty Charge	£100.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Fixed Penalty Notice for Fly Tipping	£400.00**	Plus prescribed national fee
Nuisance Vehicles Fixed Penalty Charge	£100.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Abandoning a Vehicle Fixed Penalty Charge	£200.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Abandoned vehicle charges (for vehicles equal to or less than 3.5 tonnes MAM)
Removal fee	£150.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Storage	£20.00 per day or part thereof	Prescribed National Fee
Disposal	£75.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Motorcycles
Removal	£150.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Storage	£10.00** per day or part thereof	Prescribed National Fee
Disposal	£50.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Breach of Dog Control Orders Fixed Penalty Charge	£80.00**	Prescribed National Fee
Breach of Public Spaces Protection Order Fixed Penalty Charge	£100.00**	Prescribed National Fee