Decision details

The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, have introduced new licensing standards and requirements for a range of animal activities, some of which have not previously been undertaken by the Council. The Regulations allow a local authority to charge such fees as it considers necessary to determine applications, undertake compliance and enforcement etc

Arising from the Officer Scheme of Delegation: General Financial Management
Para 2.7 authorises the appropriate Head of Service in consultation with Chief Finance Officer and appropriate Executive Member to :
Design, set, waive and levy individual fees and charges which the Council is entitled to levy (statutory and non-statutory)

Authorisation undertaken by email
See attached Background document detailing Schedule of Fees

Option 1 - All fees have been calculated having regard to Regulation 13 relating to fees and the Procedural guidance to Local Authorities on fee setting produced by DEFRA (October 2018). Fees have been calculated to allow recovery of all reasonably anticipated costs.
Option 2 - To use alternative methods to calculate the fees. This is not recommended as the current approach is considered appropriate by Finance officers and uses a similar approach to that adopted by other Surrey authorities
Option 3 - Where a local authority does not set and approve fees for relevant activities, the authority may not recover associated costs. This is not recommended.