Current pre-application advice charges

Information on Permitted Development rights can be viewed on the GOV.UK: Planning permission (opens new window) website. If you require information on whether permitted development rights have been removed from your property please contact your local planning team - this advice is free of charge.

Level 1 developments have a fee of £134:

• householder - extensions / alterations to a dwelling
• listed buildings - 1 premises - minor extension, simple changes of use, alterations including simple changes to plan for, stone cleaning, boilers and flues etc.
• listed buildings - basic advice on minor changes associated with the sale/purchase of property
• small-scale alterations or changes to commercial premises e.g. awnings, solar panels, windows
• adverts
• erection/creation of ancillary or domestic small-scale sports and recreation facilities e.g. stables, bike tracks, sheds, fences (not including floodlights)
• removal/variation of condition
• section 106 agreement compliance check (confirmation of compliance with 1 - 3 obligations)

Level 2 developments have a fee of £367:

• erection of 1 dwelling
• change of use to 1 dwelling or HMO
• change of use of land
• business changes of use up to 1000 sqm
• erection or works to agricultural buildings or land, including barn conversions
• telecoms and small-scale freestanding renewable energy proposals under 1 hectare
• Section 106 agreement compliance check (confirmation of compliance with 4 - 9 obligations)

Level 3 developments have a fee of £747:

• erection of 2 - 4 dwellings
• change of use to 2 - 4 dwellings or HMOs
• erection or extensions of commercial or community building or facilities up to 500 sqm
• alteration or extension of more than one Listed Building
• Section 106 agreement compliance check (confirmation of compliance with 10+ obligations)

Level 4 developments have a fee of £1200:

• erection of 5 - 9 dwellings
• changes of use to 5 - 9 dwellings or HMOs
• erection of extensions of commercial or community buildings or facilities 501 - 999 sqm
• business change of use over 1000 sqm

Level 5 developments have a fee of £2800:

• erection of 10 - 20 dwellings
• changes of use to 10 - 20 dwellings or HMOs
• listed buildings - extensive and major works for extensions and alterations involving fundamental change to structure, form or fabric, including major historic sites
• large developments between 1000 - 9999 sqm

Level 6 developments have a fee of £3500 or equal to 10% of the planning application fee, whichever is the higher:

• erection of 21+ dwellings
• developments of 10,000+ sqm

Additional meetings will be arranged if required by the case officer and will be charged at £250 per meeting.

A fee calculated in accordance with the above table will be required in all circumstances, including where advice is sought following a refusal decision or a withdrawal. Verbal advice will be given following a refusal on why a proposal is unacceptable. Any subsequent schemes discussed for the same site will be subject to the fees set out above.

The planning application fee exemptions which can apply to second applications made following a refusal decision or a withdrawal do not apply to pre-application enquiries.

If the proposal is for mixed use the fee will be worked out on the floor area of the proposal and the number of dwellings. The fee is calculated for each use proposed and the charge will be for whatever will be the highest fee.

• advice relating to protected trees (covered by a Tree Preservation Order or within a conservation area)
• advice to third parties affected by development proposals
• advice to parish, city, town councils and area boards relating to development they will commission/undertake
• advice relating to development specifically for the benefit/use of disabled persons. (A disabled person is one to whom Section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 applies or a child who is disabled for the purposes of part III of the Children Act 1989. A medical practitioner's certificate may be required in some cases)
• advice on playing fields/recreational facilities for their own use sought by a non-profit making club, society or other organisations, whose objectives are to provide facilities for sport and recreation

An enquiry made for a revised proposal within 3 months of the date of the response to the initial enquiry will be free of charge provided that:

• the enquiry is made by the same person as the previous enquiry
• the enquiry relates to the same site or part of the same site as the previous enquiry
• the development is of the same character or description as the development to which the earlier enquiry related
• the revisions are specifically aimed at addressing matters identified in the first pre-app response and advice and do so comprehensively
• officers will consider one set of revisions only, multiple revision stages will not be acceptable
• further meetings will be at the case of officers' discretion but are unlikely to be necessary