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Table 1: Planning permission application fees
Table 2: Planning permission in principle application fees
Table 3: Fees for certificates of lawful use or development applications
Table 4: Fees for establishing if prior approval is required
Table 5: Charges for associated planning services
Table 6: Reduced fees for specified planning applications
Table 7: Surcharges for retrospective applications
Table 8: Other planning fees and admin charges

Table 1: Planning permission application fees

Fees for applications for full planning permission and applications for matters specified by condition on a planning permission in principle.

Residential development (categories 1 to 3)

New dwellinghouses (category 1)

DescriptionFee
Construction of buildings, structures or erections for use as residential accommodation (other than development within categories 2 to 6)
  • Where the number of dwellinghouses to be created by the development does not exceed 10: £600 for each dwellinghouse
  • Where the number of dwellinghouses to be created by the development is 49 or less: £6,000 for the first 10 dwellinghouses and £450 for each dwellinghouse thereafter
  • Where the number of dwellinghouses to be created by the development is 50 or more: £23,550 for the first 49 dwellinghouses and £250 for each dwellinghouse thereafter, subject to a maximum total of £150,000

 

Existing dwellinghouses (category 2)

DescriptionFee

The carrying out of operations which will result in the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of an existing dwellinghouse

  • Where the application relates to one dwellinghouse: £300
  • Where the application relates to 2 or more dwellinghouses: £600

 

Existing dwellinghouses (category 3) 

DescriptionFee
  1. The carrying out of operations, including the erection of a building within the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse, for purposes ancillary to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse
  2. The erection or construction of gates, fences, walls or other means of enclosure along a boundary of the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse.
  • Where the application relates to one dwellinghouse: £300
  • Where the application relates to 2 or more dwellinghouses: £600

 

 

Non-residential building works (categories 4 to 6)

Non-residential building works (category 4)

The construction of buildings, structures or erections including extensions (other than construction within categories 1, 5 and 6)

DescriptionFee
Where no floor area is created or the gross floor space created does not exceed 50 square metres£300
Where the gross floor space created exceeds 50 square metres but does not exceed 100 square metres£600
Where the gross floor space created exceeds 100 square metres but does not exceed 4,000 square metres£600 plus £600 for each additional 100 square metres (or part thereof)
Where the gross floor space created exceeds 4,000 square metres£24,000 plus £300 for each additional 100 square metres (or part thereof), subject to a maximum of £150,000
Where no buildings are to be created£600 per 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of site area, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

Agricultural buildings (category 5)

DescriptionFee

The erection, on land used for the purposes of agriculture, of buildings to be used for agricultural purposes (other than buildings in category 6)

  • Where the ground area to be covered by the development does not exceed 500 square metres: £500
  • Where the ground area to be covered by the development exceeds 500 square metres: £500 plus £500 for each additional 100 square metre (or part thereof), subject to a maximum of £25,000

 

Glasshouses and polytunnels (category 6)

DescriptionFee
The erection of glasshouses or polytunnels to be used for agricultural purposes

£100 for each 100 square metres of ground area (footprint) to be covered by the development subject to a maximum of £5,000

 

 

Energy generation (categories 7 to 10)

Wind turbines (category 7)

DescriptionFee
The erection of wind turbines and the carrying out of other operations in connection with the construction of the generating station, including the construction or installation of any means of access to the generating station, pipes or other conduits, and overhead lines

Where the number of turbines does not exceed 3: 

  1. Where none of the turbines have a ground to hub height exceeding 15 metres: £1,250
  2. Where one or more of the turbines has a ground to hub height exceeding 15 metres, but not exceeding 50 metres: £2,500
  3. Where one or more of the turbines has a ground to hub height exceeding 50 metres: £5,000

Where the number of turbines does exceed 3:

  • £500 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of site area, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

Hydro - electric generating station (category 8)

DescriptionFee
The construction of a hydro-electric generating station and the carrying out of any other operations in connection with the construction of the generating station, including the construction or installation of any means of access to the generating station, pipes or other conduits, and overhead lines£500 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of site area, subject to a maximum of £25,000

 

Solar electric generating station (category 9)

DescriptionFee
The construction of a solar-electric generating station and the carrying out of any other operations in connection with the construction of the generating station, including the construction or installation of any means of access to the generating station, pipes or other conduits, and overhead lines£500 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of site area, subject to a maximum of £25,000

 

Operations connected with the exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas (category 10)

DescriptionFee
The carrying out of any operations connected with the exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas
  • Where the site area does not exceed 0.1 hectares: £1000
  • Where the site area exceeds 0.1 hectares, £1000 plus £500 for each additional 0.1 hectare     (or part thereof) of site area, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

 

Fish and shellfish farming (categories 11 to 12)

Fish farming (category 11)

DescriptionFee
The placing or assembly of equipment in any part of any marine waters for the purposes of fish farming
  • £200 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the surface area of the marine waters to be used in relation to the placement or assembly of any equipment for the purposes of fish farming
  • £75 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the sea bed to be used in relation to such development, subject to a maximum of £25,000

 

Shellfish farming (category 12)

DescriptionFee
The placing or assembly of equipment in any part of any marine waters for the purposes of shellfish farming.

£200 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the surface area of the marine waters to be used in relation to the placement or assembly of any equipment for the purposes of shellfish farming, subject to a maximum of £25,000

 

 

Other operations (categories 13 to 17)

Plant or machinery (category 13)

DescriptionFee

The erection, alteration or replacement of plant or machinery. This would include plant or machinery for energy storage and heat network developments

  1. Where the site area does not exceed 5 hectares: £500 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of site area.
  2. Where the site area exceeds 5 hectares: £25,000 plus £250 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the site, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

Car parks, service roads and other means of access (category 14)

DescriptionFee
The construction of car parks, service roads and other means of access on land used for the purposes of a single undertaking, where the development is required for a purpose incidental to the existing use of the land.

£500

 

Winning and working of minerals (category 15)

DescriptionFee
Operations for the winning and working of minerals (not including peat)
  1. Where the site area does not exceed 0.1 hectare: £1,000.
  2. Where the site area exceeds 0.1 hectare: £1,000 for the first 0.1 hectare and then £500 per 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) up to 15 hectares.
  3. Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £75,000 plus £250 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the site area, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

Peat extraction (category 16)

DescriptionFee
Operations for the extraction of peat

£500 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of site area, subject to a maximum of £6,000

 

Any other operations (category 17)

DescriptionFee
The carrying out of any operations not coming within any of the above categories
  1. Where the site area does not exceed 0.1 hectare: £1,000
  2. Where the site area exceeds 0.1 hectare but does not exceed 15 hectares: £1,000 plus £500 for each 1 hectare of the site area in excess of 0.1 hectare
  3. Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £8,500 plus £250 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the site area, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

 

Disposal or storage of materials (categories 18 to 19)

Disposal of refuse or waste (category 18)

DescriptionFee
The use of land for the disposal of refuse or waste materials or for the deposit of material remaining after minerals have been extracted from land
  1. Where the site area does not exceed 0.1 hectare: £1,000
  2. Where the site area exceeds 0.1 hectare: £1,000 for the first 0.1 hectare and then £500 per 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the site area in excess of 0.1 hectare up to 15 hectares
  3. Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £75,500 plus £250 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the site area, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

Storage of minerals (category 19)

DescriptionFee

The use of land for the storage of minerals in the open

  1. Where the site area does not exceed 0.1 hectare: £1,000
  2. Where the site area exceeds 0.1 hectare: £1,000 for the first 0.1 hectare and then £500 per 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the site area in excess of 0.1 hectare up to 15 hectares
  3. Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares: £75,500 plus £250 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) of the site area, subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

 

Change of use of buildings or land (categories 20 to 22)

Change of use to dwellinghouses (category 20)

DescriptionFee
The change of use of a building to use as one or more dwellinghouses
  1. Where the number of dwellinghouses to be created does not exceed 10: £600 for each dwellinghouse
  2. Where the number of dwellinghouses to be created is fewer than 50: £6,000 for the first 10 dwellinghouses, and £450 for each dwellinghouse thereafter
  3. Where the number of dwellinghouses to be created is 50 or more: £23,550 for the first 49 dwellinghouses plus £250 for each dwellinghouse thereafter

 

Change of use of building (category 21)

DescriptionFee
A material change in the use of a building (other than a change of use referred to in category 20)
  1. Where the gross floor space does not exceed 100 square metres: £600
  2. Where the gross floor space exceeds 100 square metres but does not exceed 4,000 square metres: £600 plus £600 for each 100 square metres (or part thereof) up to 4,000 square metres
  3. Where the gross floor space exceeds 4,000 square metres: £24,000 plus £300 for each additional 100 square metres (or part thereof), subject to a maximum of £150,000

 

Change of use of land (category 22)

DescriptionFee
A material change in the use of land (other than a change of use within category 21; or a change of use within categories 18 or 19; or a change in the use of equipment placed or assembled in marine waters for the purposes of fish farming or shellfish farming)

£500 per 0.1 hectare of site area subject to a maximum of £5,000.

 

 

Last modified on 29 April 2024

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