Planning Fees
From 6 December 2023 the fees have been revised as shown on these schedules. The correct fee must be sent in with your application, otherwise your application will be delayed.
Any receipt issued by the Planning Portal or the Council for the payment of fees does not mean that the application is valid. You will be sent a letter which will either formally acknowledge receipt of the application, or explain why it is invalid.
These schedules are not comprehensive as they have been simplified for ease of reference. It may be necessary in some cases to refer directly to the Regulations.
Please note: discretionary fees charged for other services provided by the Local Planning Authority will periodically rise in line with inflation.
Householder Development
- Where application relates to one dwellinghouse: £258
Outline applications
- £578 per 0.1 (or part thereof) of the site area up to 0.5 hectares
- £624 per 0.1 (or part thereof) of the site area between 0.5 and 2.5 hectares
- Where site area exceeds 2.5 hectares: £15,433 and an additional £186 per 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 hectares to a maximum total of £202,500.
- £578 per 0.5 (or part thereof) of the site area up to 1 hectares
- £624 per 0.5 (or part thereof) of the site area between 1 and 2.5 hectares
- Where site area exceeds 2.5 hectares: £15,433 and an additional £186 per 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 hectares to a maximum total of £202,500.
Full and Reserved Matters Applications
- Where application relates to one dwellinghouse: £258
- £509: Two or more dwellinghouses (or two or more flats)
- £578 per dwelling up to 10 dwellings
- £624 per dwelling between 10 and 50 dwellings
- Where the development exceeds 50 dwellings £30,860 and an additional £186 per dwelling in excess of 50, subject to a maximum total of £405,000.
- Where no floor space is to be created by the development: £293
- Where the gross floor space does not exceed 40 sq m: £293
- Where the gross floor space is more than 40 sq m but does not exceed 1,000 sq m: £578 for each 75 sq m of that area.
- Where the gross floor space is more than 1,000 sq m but does not exceed 3750 sq m: £624 for each 75 sq m of that area.
- Where the gross floor space is more than 3750 sq m: £30,680 and an additional £186 for each 75 sq m in excess of 3750 sq m, subject to a maximum total of £405,000.
- Where the gross floor space does not exceed 465 sq m: £120
- Where the gross floor space is more than 465 sq m but does not exceed 540 sq m: £578
- Where the gross floor space is more than 540 sq m but does not exceed 1,000 sq m: £578 for first 540 sq m and an additional £578 for each 75 sq m in excess of 540 sq m.
- Where the gross floor space is more than 1,000 sq m but does not exceed 4215 sq m: £624 for first 1,000 sq m and an additional £624 for each 75 sq m in excess of 1,000 sq m.
- Where the gross floor space exceeds 4,215 sq m: £30,862 and an additional £186 for each 75 sq m in excess of 4215 sq m to a maximum total of £405,000.
- Where the gross floor space does not exceed 465 sq m: £120
- Where the gross floor space exceeds 465 sq m but
not more than 1,000 sq m: £3,225
- Where the gross floor space exceeds 1000 sq m: £3,483
- Where site area does not exceed 1 hectare: £578 per 0.1 hectare of the site area.
- Where site area does not exceed 5 hectares: £624 per 0.1 hectare of the site area.
- Where site area exceeds 5 hectares: £30,860 and an additional £186 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 5 hectares to a maximum of £405,000
Applications other than building works
- Where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares; £316 per 0.1 hectares of the site area.
- Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £47,161 and £186 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 15 hectares to a maximum of £105,300.
- Where the site area does not exceed 7.5 hectares: £686 per 0.1 hectares of the site area.
- Where the site area exceeds 7.5 hectares: £51,395 and £204 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 7.5 hectares to a maximum of £405,000.
- Where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares; £347 per 0.1 hectares of the site area.
- Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £52,002 and £204 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 15 hectares to a maximum of £105,300.
- Where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares; £316 per 0.1 hectares of the site area.
- Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £47,161 and £186 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 15 hectares to a maximum of £105,300.
Change of use
- £578 per dwelling up to 10 dwellings
- £624 per dwelling between 10 and 50 dwellings
- Where the development exceeds 50 dwellings £30,860 and an additional £186 per dwelling in excess of 50, subject to a maximum total of £405,000.
Advertisements
| Application | Fee |
|---|
| Relating to the business on the premises | £165 |
| Advance signs directing the public to a business | £165 |
| Other advertisements | £578 |
Lawful Development Certificates
| Application | Fee |
|---|
| Existing use or operation | The same fee as for an equivalent planning application |
Existing use or operation - lawful not to comply with any
condition or limitation | £293 |
| Proposed use or operation | Half the fee as for an equivalent planning application |
Prior Approval applications
- £120
- £258 if it includes building operations in connection with the change of use
- £120
- £258 if it includes building operations in connection with the change of use
- £120
- £258 if it includes building operations in connection with the change of use
- £418 per dwelling up to 10 dwellings
- £451 per dwelling between 10 and 50 dwellings
- Where the development exceeds 50 dwellings £22,309 and an additional £135 per dwelling in excess of 50, subject to a maximum total of £405,000.
Reserved Matters
Removal/variation/approval/discharge of condition
- Householder permissions: £43
- All other permissions: £145
Non Material Amendment to a Grant of Planning Permission
| Application | Fee |
|---|
| Householder developments | £43 for each request |
| Any other application | £293 for each request |
Permission in Principle
| Application | Fee |
|---|
| Site area | £503 per additional 0.1 hectare |
Concessionary fees and exemptions
Please note: Not all concessions are valid for all application types. Upon receipt of your
application, the local authority will check the fee is correct and if the concession is applicable.
- 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 notice
Exemptions from payment (removed from legislation but remain valid as per below)
An application that is the first and only revision of a previous application of the same type, for development of the same character or description, on the same site (or part of that site), by the same applicant where it will be received by the Local Authority within 12 months of:
- the Local Authority receiving the previous application if it was withdrawn; or
- the previous application being granted or refused; or
- the determination period of the previous application expiring, where that application was validated, not determined, and then appealed on the grounds of non-determination;
and, in all cases, where that relevant 12-month period started no later than 5 December 2023.
An application that is the first and only revision of a previous application, for display advertisement(s) of the same description, on the same site(s) or part(s) of the site(s), by the same applicant, where it will be received by the Local Authority within 12 months of:
- the Local Authority receiving the previous application if it was withdrawn; or
- the previous application being refused;
and, in all cases, where that relevant 12-month period started no later than 5 December 2023.
Exemptions from payment
An application solely for the alteration or extension of an existing dwellinghouse; or works in the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse (other than the erection of a dwellinghouse) for the purpose of providing:
- Means of access to or within it for a disabled person who is resident in it, or is proposing to take up residence in it; or
- Facilities designed to secure that person's greater safety, health or comfort.
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.
If the application relates to an alternate use of buildings or land within the same Use Class that requires planning permission only by the requirements of a condition imposed on a permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
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 which results from a direction under Regulation 7 of the 2007 Regulations, dis-applying deemed consent under Regulation 6 to the advertisement in question.
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.
If the application is for a Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed works to a listed building.
If an application for planning permission (for which a fee is payable) being made by the same applicant on the same date for the same site, buildings or land as the prior approval application (for larger home extensions, additional storeys on a home, or change of uses).
Reductions to payments
- The amount due is usually 150% of the ‘single’ fee that would have been payable for the proposed development (as if there had only been one application to a single authority covering the entire site); unless
- The ‘total’ fee (the sum total of each separately calculated fee for each part of the development within each authority’s boundary) is smaller. In which case this ‘total’ fee is the fee due
Charge for processing refunds
The Council incurs an administrative charge for processing refunds. We will deduct £180 for refunds on major applications and £61 for all other application types and general refunds.
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