Planning Fees

From 17 January 2018 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 rise in line with inflation on 28 November 2022.

Scale of Fees (from 17 January 2018)

Householder Development

Application	Fee
Alterations, improvements or extensions to existing dwellings	Where application relates to one dwellinghouse: £206 Where application relates to two or more dwellinghouses: £407
Erection of buildings in the garden of a dwelling (including sheds, greenhouses, or fences and walls etc).	£206

Outline applications

Application	Fee
Outline applications (including dwellings)	£462 per 0.1 (or part thereof) of the site area up to 2.5 hectares Where site area exceeds 2.5 hectares: £11,432 and an additional £138 per 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 hectares to a maximum total of £150,000.

Full and Reserved Matters Applications

Application	Fee
Erection of dwellinghouses	£462 per dwelling up to 50 dwellings Where the development exceeds 50 dwellings £22,859 and an additional £138 per dwelling in excess of 50, subject to a maximum total of £300,000.
Erection of buildings (other than dwellings, agricultural buildings, glasshouses or plant and machinery)	Where no floor space is to be created by the development: £234 Where the gross floor space does not exceed 40 sq m: £234 Where the gross floor space is more than 40 sq m but does not exceed 75 sq m: £462 Where the gross floor space is more than 75 sq m but does not exceed 3750 sq m: £462 for each 75 sq m of that area. Where the gross floor space is more than 3750 sq m: £22,859 and an additional £138 for each 75 sq m in excess of 3750 sq m, subject to a maximum total of £300,000.
Erection of agricultural buildings on land used for agricultural purposes (other than glass houses)	Where the gross floor space does not exceed 465 sq m: £96 Where the gross floor space is more than 465 sq m but does not exceed 540 sq m: £462 Where the gross floor space is more than 540 sq m but does not exceed 4215 sq m: £462 for first 540 sq m and an additional £462 for each 75 sq m in excess of 540 sq m. Where the gross floor space exceeds 4215 sq m: £22,859 and an additional £138 for each 75 sq m in excess of 4215 sq m to a maximum total of £300,000.
Erection of glasshouses on land used for agricultural purposes	Where the gross floor space does not exceed 465 sq m: £96 Where the gross floor space exceeds 465 sq m: £2,580
Erection, alteration or replacement of plant and machinery	Where site area does not exceed 5 hectares: £462 per 0.1 hectare of the site area. Where site area exceeds 5 hectares: £22,859 and an additional £138 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 5 hectares to a maximum of £300,000

Applications other than building works

Application	Fee
Car Parks, service roads or other accesses used for the purposes of a single undertaking (where these are incidental to the existing use).	£234
Waste (use of land for the disposal of refuse or waste materials or deposit of material remaining after extraction or storage of minerals)	Where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares; £234 per 0.1 hectares of the site area. Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £34,934 and £138 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 15 hectares to a maximum of £78,000.
Operations connected with exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas	Where the site area does not exceed 7.5 hectares: £508 per 0.1 hectares of the site area. Where the site area exceeds 7.5 hectares: £38,070 and £151 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 7.5 hectares to a maximum of £300,000.
Operations (other than exploratory drilling) for the winning and working of oil or natural gas	Where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares; £257 per 0.1 hectares of the site area. Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £38,520 and £151 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 15 hectares to a maximum of £78,000.
Operations for the winning, working and storage of minerals (excluding oil and natural gas	Where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares; £234 per 0.1 hectares of the site area. Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £34,934 and £138 per additional 0.1 hectare in excess of 15 hectares to a maximum of £78,000.
Other operations (not coming within any of the above categories)	£234 per 0.1 hectare ( or part thereof) of the site area to a maximum of £2,028.

Approval/variation/discharge of condition

Application	Fee
Variation or removal of a planning conditions	£234
Request for confirmation that one or more planning conditions have been complied - applications relating to the enlargement or alterations to existing dwellings or development within the curtilage of an existing dwelling	£34 for each request
Request for confirmation that one or more planning conditions have been complied with - any other application	£116 for each request

Change of use

Application	Fee
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 dwellings, where the development is for fifty or fewer dwellings: £462 per additional dwelling created. Where the change of use is to use as more than fifty dwellings, £22,859 and an additional £138 per dwelling in excess of 50 to a maximum of £300,000. In other cases, where the development is for fifty or fewer dwellings, £22,859 and an additional £138 for each dwelling in excess of fifty dwellings, subject to a maximum of £300,000.
Other changes of use (excluding minerals and waste)	£462

Advertisements

Application	Fee
Relating to the business on the premises	£132
Advance signs directing the public to a business	£132
Other advertisements	£462

Prior Approval applications

Application	Fee
Larger house extension	£96
Enlargement of dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys (from 30 July 2021)	£96
Telecommunications	£462
Agricultural	£96
Demolition of a residential property	£96
Change of use only	£96
Change of use and associated building operations (applies to change of use from retail to dwellings, agricultural buildings to dwellings, amusement arcades and casinos to dwellings and shops, financial and professional services to restaurants and cafes)	£206
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to residential use (Class C3) (from 30 July 2021)	£100 per dwelling
Prior notification application for change of use submitted at same time as application for planning permission relating to development of the same building or land	No fee
Construction of new dwellinghouses (from 2 September 2020)	Not more than 50 dwellings: £334 per dwelling More than 50 dwellings: £16,525 and an additional £100 per dwelling in excess of 50, with a maximum fee of £300,000

Lawful Development Certificates

Application	Fee
Existing use of land or development	The same fee as for an equivalent planning application
Proposed use of land or development	Half the fee as for an equivalent planning application

Non Material Amendment to a Planning Permission

Application	Fee
Relating to applications for the enlargement or alterations to existing dwellings or development within the curtilage of an existing dwelling	£34 for each request
Any other application	£234 for each request

Certificate of Appropriate Alternative Development

Application	Fee
All applications	£234

Concessionary fees and exemptions

Application	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
Extension and alteration to a dwelling in which a disabled person lives to improve their access, safety, health or comfort	No fee
Applications by Parish Councils	Half the normal fee
Alternative applications for one site	Highest of the fees applicable for each alternative, and a sum equal to half the total of both.
Applications required by reason of an Article 4 Direction	The same fee as for an equivalent planning application
Applications required because of the removal of permitted development rights by a condition	The same fee as for an equivalent planning application
An application relating to a change of use within a class of the Use Classes Order in a case where planning permission is required solely because the change is prohibited by a condition imposed on a previous grant of planning permission.	No fee
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, by the same applicant, for development of the same character or description on the same site: made within twelve months of either approval or refusal within twelve months of the date of submission of a withdrawn application, 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).
Playing fields (for sports clubs, non profit making organisations etc)	£462

Charge for processing refunds

The Council incurs an administrative charge for processing refunds. We will deduct £170 for refunds on major applications and £58 for all other application types and general refunds.