# The Wildlife Licence Charges (England) Order 2025, Schedule: Licence Charges


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Licence description
Application
Fixed charges
Variable charge
Class licences issued under regulation 55 of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16 of the 1981 Act
Class licence issued under regulation 55(1) and (2)(e) of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16(3)(f) of the 1981 Act in respect of—
- interference with bat roosts; or
Accreditation of consultant
£1960
Re-accreditation
£410
Upgrade accreditation
£670
- interference with bat roosts; or
Notification of site of licensed activities - simple application
£135
Notification of site of licensed activities - complex application
£410
- activities that adversely impact great crested newts Triturus cristatus
Notification of site of licensed activities
£210
Class licence issued under regulation 55(1) and (2) of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16 of the 1981 Act in respect of displacement of water voles Arvicola amphibus
Initial registration
£104
Renewal of registration
£35
Class licence issued under regulation 55(1) and (2)(a) and (b) of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16(3) of the 1981 Act in respect of the survey of—
Initial registration
£104
Renewal of registration
£35
- great crested newts Triturus cristatus;
- hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius; or
- Atlantic stream crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes
Class licence issued for the purposes of section 16(3)(a) and (b) of the 1981 Act and/or regulation 55(1) and (2)(a) and (b) of the 2017 Regulations in respect of the survey of bats
Initial registration
£104
Renewal of registration
£35
Class licence issued for the purposes of section 16(1)(a) and (c) of the 1981 Act in respect of the survey of barn owls Tyto alba
Initial registration
£104
Renewal of registration
£35
Class licence issued under regulation 55 of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16(4)(b) of the 1981 Act in respect of the sale or offering for sale of dead specimens and/or derivatives of species specified in Schedule 2 to the 2017 Regulations or in Schedule 5 to the 1981 Act and lawfully taken from the wild before 30th October 1981
Application for registration
£196
Individual licences issued under regulation 55 of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16 of the 1981 Act
Individual licence issued under regulation 55 of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16(3) of the 1981 Act in respect of activities that adversely impact—
- great crested newts Triturus cristatus;
Simple application
£690
Complex application
£219
Variable charge
- bats; or
Simple application
£500
Complex application
£219
Variable charge
- hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius;
Simple application
£780
Complex application
£219
Variable charge
- any other species
Simple application
£780
Complex application
£219
Variable charge
Individual licence issued under regulation 55 of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16(3) of the 1981 Act to kill, take, disturb or possess wild animals for specified purposes
Simple application
£73
Variable charge
Complex application
£700
Individual licence issued under regulation 55 of the 2017 regulations and/or section 16(3) of the 1981 Act to disturb or take bats
£73
Variable charge
Individual licence issued under section 16(4)(b) of the 1981 Act permitting activity prohibited by section 13(2) of that Act
Variable charge
Individual licence issued under regulation 55(1) and (2)(c) of the 2017 Regulations and/or section 16(3)(c) of the 1981 Act in respect of the taking of wild plants
Variable charge
Individual licence issued under section 16(1)(e) (falconry or aviculture) of the 1981 Act
Variable charge
Individual licence issued under section 16(1)(h) (photography) of the 1981 Act
Variable charge
Any individual or class licence other than any referred to above issued under regulation 55 of the 2017 Regulations
Variable charge
Licences issued under section 10 of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992
Class licence issued under 10(1)(d) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (interference with a badger sett for the purposes of development)
Notification of site of licensed activities
£135
Individual licence issued under section 10(1)(d) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (interference with a badger sett for the purposes of development)
Complex application
£73
Variable charge
Licence modification
Any licence of a type described in the table above
Modification
Variable charge

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/236/schedule (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-licence-charges-england-order-2025/schedule
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