Pre-application service summary and fees

A proposed schedule of pre-application charges is set out below. The proposed categories reflect the scale of development and estimated costs for processing such pre-application queries. These are in addition to the normal planning application fees.

Major development:

• Major strategic developments where a planning performance agreement is required: to be negotiated on a case by case basis
• Large residential, retail, leisure or employment sites, 100 plus dwellings or 9,999 plus m2 floor space (planning performance agreement): £5,125 + VAT (£6,150)
• Additional meeting and/or advice note £866.66 + VAT (£1040)
• 50 to 99 dwellings or 5,000 to 9,999 m2 floor space: £3,458.33 + VAT (£4.150)
• Additional meeting and/or advice note £483.33 + VAT (£580)
• 10 to 49 dwellings or 1,000 to 4,999 m2 floor space: £2,208.33 + VAT (£2,650)
• Additional meeting and/or advice note £483.33 + VAT (£580)

Minor/other development:

• Five to nine dwellings or 500 to 999 m2 floor space: £966.66 + VAT (£1,160)
• Additional meeting and/or advice note: £116.66 + VAT (£135.95)
• One to four dwellings, agricultural, change of use or other minor development proposals: £366.66 + VAT (£440)
• Additional meeting and/or advice note: £116.66 + VAT (£140)

Householder development:

• Householder extensions or outbuildings: £82.50 + VAT (£99)

Commercial pre-application advice

• Price on application

Viability review:

• If a case is being made that a scheme is not viable when taking into account infrastructure contributions, an additional fee is payable to review this information. The fee is available on request.

Exemptions from charges include:

• Where the enquiry is made by a local authority
• Where the enquiry is made by a parish, town council or neighbourhood forum
• Where the proposal is for extensions/alterations for the direct benefit of a disabled person/s (similarly there would be no fee incurred in making a subsequent planning application)
• Works in respect of tree preservation orders
• Works to a listed building or in a conservation area, where no planning application fee would be required
• Advice about how to submit a planning application or a fee enquiry
• Any other pre-application discussion which the Head of Planning and Development considers is in the council’s or public interest to exempt it from a charge

Last updated: 02/04/2024 17:25