Fees and charges - Information about Basildon Council, its services and the environment

A fee may apply in some circumstances

There is no charge for:

• information offered via our public registers 
• lists of information
• published data sets
• information published in our disclosure log
• examining information at the council's offices

We are entitled to charge a fee if the cost to give the information exceeds £450 worth of officer time spent.  This is known as the 'appropriate limit'. Our aim is to work with you to allow a response without charge wherever possible.

If we are unable to agree to a change to the request which brings the cost below the appropriate limit, we will either refuse to answer, or apply a charge of £25 per hour of officer time.
 

Any charge must be paid before we will process the request.