Planning application process

Scale of fees for planning applications

Outline applications (most types)

£335 per 0.1 ha (or part thereof) of the site area up to 2.5 ha.
Where the site area exceeds 2.5 hectares, £8,285 and an additional £100 per 0.1 ha in excess of 2.5 ha to a maximum in total of £125,000.

Full applications and reserved matters

Cost of Planning Applications
Type of Application	Fee
Erection of Dwellings:	£335 per dwelling up to fifty dwellings; Where the development exceeds fifty dwellings, £16,565 and an additional £100 per dwelling in excess of fifty subject to a maximum in total of £250,000.
Erection, extension, or alteration of agricultural buildings (excluding glasshouses and polytunnels):	Where the gross floor space does not exceed 465 square metres, £70; Where the gross floor space is more than 465 square metres but does not exceed 540 square metres, £335 Where the gross floor space exceeds 540 square metres but does not exceed 4,215 square metres, £335 for the first 540 square metres and an additional £335 for each 75 square metres in excess of 540 square metres; Where the gross floor space exceeds 4215 square metres, £16,565 and an additional £100 for each 75 square metres in excess of 4215 square metres, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000.
Agricultural glasshouses and polytunnels:	Where the gross floor space does not exceed 465 square metres, £70; Where the gross floor space exceeds 465 square metres, £1870.
Erection, extension, or alteration of buildings other than dwellings or agricultural buildings:	Where no floor space is to be created by the development, £170; Where the gross floor space does not exceed 40 square metres, £170; Where the gross floor space is more than 40 square metres but does not exceed 75 square metres, £335; Where the gross floor space is more than 75 square metres but does not exceed 3750 square metres, £335 for each 75 square metres of that area; Where the gross floor space is more than 3750 square metres, £16,565, and an additional £100 for each 75 square metres in excess of 3750 square metres, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000.

Other applications

Cost of Other Applications
Type of Application	Fee
Enlargement or alterations to existing dwellings	£150 per dwellinghouse. Maximum £295.
Works (including provision of a building) within the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse:	£150 per dwellinghouse.
Change of use to or subdivision of dwellings:	Where the change of use is from a previous use as a single dwelling house to use as two or more single dwelling houses, where the development is for fifty or fewer dwellings, £335 per additional dwelling created. Where the change of use is to use as more than fifty dwellings, £16,565 and an additional £100 for each dwelling in excess of fifty dwellings, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000. In other cases, where the development is for fifty or fewer dwellings, £335 per dwelling created. Where the development is for more than fifty dwellings, £16,565 and an additional £100 for each dwelling in excess of fifty dwellings, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000.
Other changes of use, except minerals or waste:	£335
Winning, working, storage of minerals and so on, and waste disposal:	Where the site area does not exceed 15 ha £170 for each 0.1 ha of site area; Where the site area exceeds 15 ha, £25,315, and an additional £100 for each 0.1 ha in excess of 15 ha, subject to a maximum in total of £65,000.
Exploratory operations for oil or natural gas:	Where the site area does not exceed 7.5 ha, £335 for each 0.1 ha of site area; where the site area exceeds 7.5 ha £25,000, and an additional £100 for each 0.1ha in excess of 7.5 ha, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000.
Car parks, service roads and other accesses used for the purposes of a single undertaking(where these are incidental to existing use):	£170
Playing fields (for sports clubs, non-profit making organisations and so on):	£335
Other operations on land:	£170 per 0.1ha (or part thereof), of the site area. Maximum £250,000.
Erection, alteration or replacement of plant or machinery:	Where the site area does not exceed 5 ha, £335 for each 0.1 ha of the site area; Where the site area exceeds 5 ha, £16,565, and an additional £100 for each 0.1ha in excess of 5 hectares, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000.

Lawful development certificates

Lawful Development Certificates
Type of Certificate	Fee
For an EXISTING use of land or operational development:	The same fee as for an equivalent planning application.
For a PROPOSED use of land or operational development:	Half of the fee as for an equivalent planning application.
For a failure to comply with a condition or limitation:	£170

Advertisement Fees
Advertisement Type	Fee
Relating to business on the premises:	£95
Advance signs directing the public to the business:	£95
Other advertisements:	£335

Notification under schedule 2 of the general permitted development order

Notification Fees
Notification	Fee
Erection of agricultural buildings or significant extensions to agricultural buildings:	£70
Formation or alteration of an agricultural private way:	£70
Demolition of a residential property, or of a building adjoining a residential property:	£70
Development by Telecommunications Code System Operators:	£335

Concessionary fees and exemptions

Concessionary Fees and Exemptions
Grounds for Reduction / Exemption	Fee
Works to improve disabled persons' access to a public building, or to improve their access, safety, health or comfort at a dwelling:	No fee.
Applications by Parish Councils and similar:	Half the normal fee.
Applications required because of the removal of permitted development rights by a condition or by an 'article four' direction:	No fee.
Alternative applications for one site:	Highest of the fees applicable for each alternative, and a sum equal to half the total of both.
Duplicate applications made by the same applicant:	Normal fee for both applications.
Development crossing boundaries of planning authorities and requiring several applications:	Only one fee, for the whole scheme and subject to a special ceiling, payable to the authority with the larger part of the site.
Revised or fresh applications for development of the same character or description, made within twelve months of either approval or refusal, or of the making of the earlier application if withdrawn, or of the expiry of the statutory eight week period where the applicant has appealed to the Secretary of State on the grounds of non-determination:	No fee (please note that this exemption may only be exercised once by an applicant for a particular site).
An application for the variation or discharge of a condition, including retention of temporary buildings and so on:	£170 (if not exempt as a revision).

Fee for confirmation of compliance with condition attached to planning permission

Any fee of this type which is paid shall be refunded if the local planning authority fails to give the written confirmation requested within a period of twelve weeks from the date on which the authority received the request.

Fee for confirmation of compliance with condition attached to planning permission
Type	Fee
Relating to applications for enlargement or alterations to existing dwellings or works (including provision of a building) within the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse;	£25 for each request.
Any other application	£85 for each request.

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