Fees And Charges

We charge fees for some services. This means the people who actually use individual services help pay for what they receive. If we did not do this we would have to increase our Council Tax.

Here are each department's fees and examples of the charges that the department deals with:

Legal and Democratic Services:

• Local land charges
• Election and electoral registration
• Copies of legal documents

Facilities Management:

• Hourly room hire
• Hire of rooms for social events
• Civil wedding ceremonies
• Catering

Built Environment:

• Charges relating to all building regulations submissions

City Works:

• Recycling
• MOT fees
• Abandoned vehicle collection

Planning:

• planning permission fees           

Transport and Parking:

• City Centre car parking
• Taxi licensing
• Parking fines

Leisure and Cultural Services

• Swimming 
• Ice Skating
• Gyms
• Slice cards
• Sports pitches
• Outdoor Tennis
• Bowls
• Crazy golf
• Hire of parks for events
• Balloon launches
• Cemeteries

Environmental Health:

• Food safety courses
• Dog warden services
• Pest control services
• Street trading licenses
• Other premises licenses
• Air quality reports
• Pollution and contaminated land
• Copying docs 

Community Housing:

• Private lease scheme
• Elderly alarms
• Wardens 

Oxford City Homes:

• Garage rents
• Parking spaces
• Mobility scheme
• Commercial lets rent

Page last reviewed 7 Nov 2008