Consultation outcome
Environment Agency charge proposals for waste crime and hourly rates
Applies to England
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Detail of outcome
This document summarises the outcome of the Environment Agency charges consultation for:
- all hourly rate charges
- fixed charges for medium combustion plant
- waste exemption registration and compliance charges
We provide an overview of feedback and explain where we have changed our original proposals.
We will implement these charges from 1 July 2025.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation is about the Environment Agency’s proposed new charges to fund regulatory work targeting waste crime. We also propose new charges for some activities billed on an hourly rate.
Proposals include:
- waste exemption charges, to help us ensure they are not used for illegal waste activities
- a fee for intervention to recover the costs of investigating waste operations and resolving breaches where we suspect a waste operator lacks required authorisation
- a waste crime levy of 10% on annual subsistence charges for certain waste permits, to enhance our efforts against waste crime
- updated hourly rates that reflect the current costs of managing environmental permits and applying them to new regulatory work
The consultation document explains:
- why we are consulting and what we aim to achieve
- the economic context
- the new proposed charging structure
- the questions we have for you
- how you can respond
We would like to know if you agree with our proposals and your suggestions on whether we can make them fairer in any way.
Documents
Updates to this page
Published 11 November 2024
Last updated 1 July 2025
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Added the consultation response documents.
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