Apply for planning permission

The fees below apply from 17 January 2018 onwards. The fee should be paid at the time the application is submitted.

All outline applications

• Sites up to and including 2.5 hectares, £462 per 0.1 hectare
• For each 0.1 in excess of 2.5 hectares, £11,432 + £138 up to a maximum of £150,000

Householder applications

• Alterations/extensions to a single dwelling, including works within boundary, £206

Full applications (and first submissions of reserved matters)

• Alterations/extensions to two or more dwellings, including works within boundaries (or two or more flats), £407
• New dwellings (up to and including 50 dwellings), £462 per dwelling
• New dwellings (for more than 50 dwellings) £22,859 + £138 per additional dwelling in excess of 50 up to a maximum fee of £300,000

Erection of buildings (not dwellings, agricultural, glasshouses, plant or machinery)

• Gross floor space to be created by the development, no increase in gross floor space or no more than 40 sq m, £234
• Gross floor space to be created by the development, more than 40 sq m but no more than 75 sq m,
  £462
• Gross floor space to be created by the development, more than 75 sq m but no more than 3,750 sq m
  £462 for each 75sq m or part thereof
• Gross floor space to be created by the development, more than 3,750 sq m £22,859 + £138 for each additional 75 sq m in excess of 3750 sq m to a maximum of £300,000

The erection of buildings (on land used for agriculture for agricultural purposes)

• Gross floor space to be created by the development, not more than 465 sq m, £96
• Gross floor space to be created by the development, more than 465 sq m but not more than 540 sq m,
  £462
• Gross floor space to be created by the development, more than 540 sq m but not more than 4,215 sq m,
  £462 for first 540 sq m + £462 for each 75 sq m (or part thereof) in excess of 540 sq m
• Gross floor space to be created by the development, more than 4,215 sq m, £22,859 + £138 for each 75 sq m (or part thereof) in excess of 4,215 sq m up to a maximum of £300,000

Erection of glasshouses (on land used for the purposes of agriculture)

• Gross floor space to be created by the development, not more than 465 sq m, £96
• Gross floor space to be created by the development, more than 465 sq m, £2,580

Erection / alterations / replacement of plant and machinery

•  Site area, not more than 5 hectares, £462 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Site area, more than 5 hectares, £22,859 + additional £138 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 5 hectares to a maximum of £300,000

Applications other than building works

• Car parks, service roads or other accesses, for existing uses, £234

Waste

•  Site area not more than 15 hectares, £234 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Site area, more than 15 hectares,£34,934 + £138 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 15 hectares up to a maximum of £78,000.

Operations connected with exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas

• site area, not more than 7.5 hectares, £508 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Site area, more than 7.5 hectares, £38,070 + additional £151 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 7.5 hectares up to a maximum of £300,000

Operations (other than exploratory drilling) for the winning and working of oil or natural gas

• Site area not more than 15 hectares, £257 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Site area, more than 15 hectares, £38,520 + additional £151 for each 0.1 in excess of 15 hectares up to a maximum of £78,000

Other operations (winning and working of minerals) excluding oil and natural gas

• Site area, not more than 15 hectares, £234 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Site area, more than 15 hectares, £34,934 + additional £138 for each 0.1 in excess of 15 hectares up to a maximum of £78,000

Other operations (not coming within any of the above categories)

• Any site area, £234 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) up to a maximum of £2,028

Lawful Development Certificate (LDC)

• Existing use - in breach of a planning condition, same as full application
• Existing use LDC - lawful not to comply with a particular condition, £234
• Proposed use, half the normal planning fee.

Prior Approval

• Agricultural and Forestry buildings and operations or demolition of buildings, £96
• Telecommunications code systems operators, £462
• Proposed change of use to state funded school or registered nursery, £96
• Proposed change of use of agricultural building to a flexible use within shops, financial and professional services, restaurants and cafés, business, storage or distribution, hotels or assembly or leisure, £96.
• Proposed Change of Use of a building from Office (Use Class B1) Use to a use falling within Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse), £96
• Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), where there are no Associated Building Operations £96
• Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), and Associated Building Operations £206
• Proposed Change of Use of a building from a Retail (Use Class A1 or A2) Use or a Mixed Retail and Residential Use to a use falling within Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse), where there are no Associated Building Operations £96
• Proposed Change of Use of a building from a Retail (Use Class A1 or A2) Use or a Mixed Retail and Residential Use to a use falling within Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse), and Associated Building Operations £206
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change Of Use from Storage or Distribution Buildings (Class B8) and any land within its curtilage to Dwellinghouses (Class C3) £96
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change Of Use from Amusement Arcades/Centres and Casinos, (Sui Generis Uses) and any land within its curtilage to Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and Associated Building Operations £206
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change Of Use from Shops (Class A1), Financial & Professional Services (Class A2), Betting Offices, Pay Day Loan Shops and Casinos (Sui Generis Uses) to restaurants and Cafés (Class A3) £96
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change Of Use from Shops (Class A1), Financial & Professional Services (Class A2), Betting Offices, Pay Day Loan Shops and Casinos (Sui Generis Uses) to restaurants and Cafés (Class A3), and Associated Building Operations £206
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change Of Use from Shops (Class A1), Financial & Professional Services (Class A2), Betting Offices, Pay Day Loan Shops (Sui Generis Uses) to Assembly and Leisure Uses (Class D2) £96
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Development Consisting for the Erection of Construction of a collection Facility within the Curtilage of a Shop £96
• Notification for Prior Approval for the Temporary Use of Building or Land for the Purpose of Commercial Film-Making and the Associated Temporary Structures, Works, Plant or Machinery required in Connection with that Use £96
• Notification for Prior Approval for the Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics () equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings, up to a Capacity of 1 Megawatt £96

Reserved matters

• Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval, full fee due or if full fee already paid then £462 due

Approval / variation / discharge of condition

• Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, £234
• Request for confirmation that one or more planning conditions have been complied with, £34 per request for householder otherwise £116 per request

Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwellinghouses, or other cases

• Number of dwellings, not more than 50 dwellings, £462 for each
• Number of dwellings, more than 50 dwellings, £22,859 + £138 for each in excess of 50 up to a maximum of £300,000
• Other Changes of Use of a building or land, £462

Advertising

• Relating to the business on the premises, £132
• Advance signs which are not situated on or visible from the site, directing the public to a business, £132
• Other advertisements, £462

Application for a new planning permission to replace an extant planning permission

• Applications in respect of major developments, £690
• Applications in respect of householder developments, £69
• Applications in respect of other developments, £234

Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission

• Applications in respect of householder developments, £34
• Applications in respect of other developments, £234

Concessions

Exemptions from payment:

• alterations, extensions, etc. to a dwelling house for the benefit of a registered disabled person
• An application solely for the carrying out of the operations for the purpose of providing a means of access for disabled persons to or within a building or premises to which members of the public are admitted
• Listed Building Consent
• Planning permission for relevant demolition in a Conservation Area
• Works to Trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order or in a Conservation Area Hedgerow Removal
• If the proposal is the first revision of an application for development of the same character or description on the same site by the same applicant within 12 months of making the earlier application if withdrawn or the date of decision if granted or refused (including signs only if withdrawn or refused) and NOT a duplicate application made by the same applicant within 28 days
• If the application is for a lawful development certificate, for existing use, where an application for planning permission for the same development would be exempt from the need to pay a planning fee under any other planning fee regulation
• If the application is for consent to display an advertisement following either a withdrawal of an earlier application (before notice of decision was issued) or where the application is made following refusal of consent for display of an advertisement, and where the application is made by or on behalf of the same person
• If the application is for consent to display an advertisement which results from a direction under Regulation 7 of the 2007 Regulations, displaying deemed consent under Regulation 6 to the advertisement in question
• If the application is for alternate proposals for the same site by the same applicant, in order to benefit from the permitted development right in Schedule 2 Part 3 Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995
• If the application relates to a condition or conditions on an application for Listed Building Consent or planning permission for relevant demolition in a Conservation Area

Reductions to payments

• If the application is being made on behalf of a non-profit making sports club for works for playing fields not involving buildings then the fee is £462
• If the application is being made on behalf of a parish or community council then the fee is 50%
• If the application is an alternative proposal being submitted on the same site by the same applicant on the same day, where this application is of lesser cost then the fee is 50%
• In respect of reserved matters you must pay a sum equal to or greater than what would be payable at current rates for approval of all the reserved matters. If this amount has already been paid then the fee is £462
• If the application is for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development, then the fee is 50%
• If two or more applications are submitted for different proposals on the same day and relating to the same site then you must pay the fee for the highest fee plus half sum of the others
• Where an application relates to development which is within more than one fee category, the correct fee is simply the highest of the fees payable (if not including residential)
• Where an application consists of the erection of dwellings and the erection of other types of buildings (categories 1-4) the fees are added together and maximum can be exceeded
• Where an application crosses one or more local or district planning authorities, then the fee is 150% and goes to the authority that contains the larger part of the application site or a sum of the fees if it is less than 150%