There are various type of fees for Planning which are listed below:
Planning applications
The scale of fees for planning applications can be found on the Planning Portal website.
A new schedule of fees will be introduced on the 6 December 2023, a draft version of the schedule of fees is available on the Planning Portal Website, therefore any application submitted after 5.00pm on the 5 of December will be subject to the new schedule of fees. The Planning Portal will automatically calculate the appropriate fee on submission.
Pre-application submissions
The scale of fees for these applications can be found on our pre-application page
Invalid applications
Charges for abortive work done on applications which are invalid on receipt and are not subsequently made valid are now a sliding scale of fees (inc. VAT) depending on the size and nature of the application, these charges are listed below:
Major application
£90 inc. VAT
Minor applications and equivalent Certificate of Lawfulness applications for Existing Uses or Developments
£60 inc. VAT
Householder and equivalent Certificate of Lawfulness applications/advertisement consent applications/Certificate of Lawfulness applications for Proposed Uses or Developments
£30 inc. VAT
Historic searches
Supplementary Planning Searches (pre 1977)
£75 inc. VAT
Copy documents
Plans
£6 inc. VAT (minimum charge) then subsequent copies A3 and A4 £0.30, A2 £4, A1 £5 and A0 £6. These copies are only in black and white.
Planning decision notices
£30 inc. VAT