Planning fees

Pre-application advice 

Like most other councils, we charge for providing pre-application advice to developers and householders. Our charges are based on the cost of providing the service and reflect the officer time used in discussion and response.

For more details of this service and the fees, see our pre-application advice page.

Planning application fees

When you apply for planning permission, you will have to pay a fee. How much you pay will depend on the type and size of the proposed development.

If you are submitting your planning application through the Planning Portal, you must pay through the portal. We cannot take the fee for any Planning Portal applications.

If you are applying by post or email, you can pay online by credit or debit card through our make a payment page.

Other fees for planning information or advice

We charge for some planning information and documents to recover our costs: 

Advice on obligations in legal agreements

• First obligation - £280 to check the file
• Each obligation after that - £45
• Carry out a site visit - £290

All prices are exclusive of VAT.

Free of charge - planning documents and information 

We provide the following documents and information free-of-charge:

• Planning application search - by selecting the applications, appeals or enforcement tabs, this includes:
  • Planning decision notices (from 1991 to present day)
  • Planning appeal decisions
  • Planning enforcement notices
• Tree Preservation Orders
• Planning policy documentation
• Planning applications weekly list