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In this April 2019, file photo, an agricultural burn got out of control at a farm on Eligh-Beckstead Road in South Stormont. The township is more than doubling the fee for an open burn permit in order to cover the township s cost to respond to complaints like this fire. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
LONG SAULT – Landowners and farmers in South Stormont planning for a controlled burn this year will face a sharp increase in the cost to do it.
The township council approved a new fee structure which will see the one-year permit fee go from $12 to $25 – a 108 per cent increase.