Costs and Recurring Costs
From 1 April 2012 the following charges shall apply to a farming activity which falls into these three bands:
Band | Poultry | Pigs * |
Band 1 | 40,000 - 80,000 | 2000 - 4500 production pigs |
Band 2 | 80,000 - 150,000 | 750 - 1000 sows or 4500 - 6500 production pigs |
Band 3 | More than 150,000 | More than 1000 sows or 6500 production pigs |
A copy of the fees and charges scheme can be viewed at our fees and charges page.
Please note:
Where an installation has sows and production pigs greater than 30kg present and either the number of sows or production pigs, or both, exceeds the threshold, the charge shall be calculated based on the number of 'production pig places'.
A sow is equal to five places and a production pig equal to one place, therefore, a farm with 800 sows and 3000 finishers over 30kg would have the equivalent of 7000 production pig places and would fall into charging band 3.
Permit Application Charge
(1) The permit application charge for a farming activity is:
Standard | Standard & | Non Standard | |
Band 1 | £ 2,179 | £382 | £5,092 |
Band 2 | £ 2,607 | £ 506 | £6,237 |
Band 3 | £ 3,106 | £638 | £7,510 |
Subsistence Charge
(2) Subject to the provisions of article 9 of this Scheme, the annual subsistence
charge for a farming activity is:
Standard | Standard & | Non Standard | |
Band 1 | £1,129 | £240 | £2,387 |
Band 2 | £ 1,554 | £ 355 | £2,985 |
Band 3 | £ 1,972 | £477 | £3,551 |
Variation Application Charge
(3) Initial Variation Applications (plus fee) must be made as a standard variation.
If the application is deemed as a substantial variation (as defined in article 24(3) of this Scheme) the additional substantial variation fee must be paid:
Standard Variation | Substantial Variation | |
Standard Farm Permit | 309 | 1436 |
Non Standard Farm permit | 1307 | 2755 |