For most planning and related applications, you will need to pay a fee.
Paying for your planning application
If you are submitting your planning application through the Planning Portal, you must pay directly through the Portal. We cannot take the fee for any Planning Portal application.
If you are applying by post or email, you can pay online by credit or debit card through the Make a payment section of our website.
For security reasons, please never send cash by post.
What happens if you pay the wrong fee
If you send in an application with the wrong fee, the application will be invalid, and we will stop processing it.
The application will only start again once it is valid, and we will treat it as if we have only just received it. An error in the fees can, therefore, lead to considerable delay.
List of fees
On 6 December the government increased planning application fees by 35% for applications for major development and 25% for all other applications. The new regulations also introduce an annual indexation of planning application fees, capped at 10%, from 1 April 2025.
The fees are exempt from VAT.
Householder planning applications
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
|
Alterations/extensions to a single property, including works within the boundary |
£258 |
Outline planning applications
For applications that are for approval in principle, without specific details (such as design).
Erection of houses and flats
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| For a site area not more than 0.5 hectares | £578 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) |
| For a site area between 0.5 hectares and 2.5 hectares |
£624 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) |
| For a site area more than 2.5 hectares |
£15,433 + £186 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 2.5 hectares. Maximum fee of £202,500 |
Erection of buildings (not houses or flats)
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| For a site area not more than 1 hectare | £578 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) |
| For a site area between 1 hectare and 2.5 hectares |
£624 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) |
| For a site area more than 2.5 hectares |
£15,433 + £186 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 2.5 hectares. Maximum fee of £202,500 |
Full planning permission or reserved matters applications
If you have applied for outline planning permission and we have granted it, you will need to submit an application to cover the specific details of the development. This is known as approval of reserved matters.
If you have not applied for outline planning permission, we will deal with your application as an application for full permission.
Alterations/extensions to houses and flats, including works within boundaries
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| Relating to a single house (or single flat) | £258 |
| Relating to 2 or more houses (or 2 or more flats) | £509 |
Erection of houses and flats
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| For a development of not more than 10 houses or flats | £578 for each house or flat |
| For a development of between 10 and 50 houses or flats | £624 for each house or flat |
| For a development of more than 50 houses or flats | £30,860 + £186 for each additional house or flat in excess of 50. Maximum fee of £405,000 |
Erection of buildings (not houses or flats, agricultural, glasshouses, plant or machinery)
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| No increase in gross floorspace or no more than 40 square metres of gross floorspace created | £293 |
| More than 40 square metres but no more than 1,000 square metres of gross floorspace created | £578 for each 75 square metres (or part thereof) |
| Between 1,000 square metres and 3,750 square metres of gross floorspace created | £624 for each 75 square metres (or part thereof) |
| More than 3,750 square metres of gross floorspace created | £30,680 + £186 for each additional 75 square metres (or part thereof) in excess of 3,750 square metres. Maximum fee of £405,000 |
Erection of buildings (on land used for agriculture for agricultural purposes)
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| Not more than 465 square metres of gross floorspace created | £120 |
| More than 465 square metres but not more than 540 square metres of gross floorspace created | £578 |
| More than 540 square metres but not more than 1,000 square metres of gross floorspace created | £578 + £578 for each additional 75 square metres (or part thereof) in excess of 540 square metres |
| Between 1,000 square metres and 4,215 square metres of gross floorspace created | £624 + £624 for each additional 75 square metres (or part thereof) in excess of 1,000 square metres |
| More than 4,215 square metres of gross floorspace created | £30,860 + £186 for each additional 75 square metres (or part thereof) in excess of 4,215 square metres. Maximum fee of £405,000 |
Erection of glasshouses (on land used for the purposes of agriculture)
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| Not more than 465 square metres of gross floorspace created | £120 |
| More than 465 square metres but not more than 1,000 square metres of gross floorspace created | £3,225 |
| 1,000 square metres or more gross floorspace created | £3,483 |
Erection, alteration or replacement of plant or machinery
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| For a site area of not more than 1 hectare | £578 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) |
| For a site area of more than 1 hectare but not more than 5 hectares | £624 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) |
| For a site of more than 5 hectares | £30,860 + £186 for each additional 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 5 hectares. Maximum fee of £405,000 |
Applications other than building works
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| Car parks, service roads or other accesses (for existing uses) | £293 |
Reserved matters
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| Approval of reserved matters following outline approval | Full fee due; or £578 if full fee already paid |
Change of use applications
| Application - Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate houses or flats | Fee |
|---|---|
|
Not more than 10 houses or flats Between 10 and 50 houses or flats |
£578 for each house or flat £624 for each house or flat |
| More than 50 houses or flats | £30,860 + £186 for each additional house or flat in excess of 50. Maximum fee of £405,000 |
| Other changes of use of a building or land | £578 |
Advertisements
For advertisements displayed externally on business premises, on the forecourt of business premises or on other land within the curtilage of business premises
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| To advertise the nature of the business or other activity carried out on the premises | £165 |
| To advertise the goods sold or the services provided on the premises | £165 |
| To advertise the name and qualifications of the person carrying out the business or activity or supplying goods or services | £165 |
|
Advance signs directing the public to a business but which are not situated on or visible from the site |
£165 |
| All other advertisements | £578 |
Lawful development certificates
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| For an existing use or operation | Same as the full application fee |
| For an existing use or operation - lawful not to comply with any condition or limitation | £293 |
| For a proposed use or operation | Half the normal planning fee |
Conditions applications
| Application | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission | £293 | |
| Discharge of condition(s) - approval of details and/or confirmation that one or more planning conditions have been complied with | Householder permissions | £43 |
| All other permissions | £145 | |
Applications to make non-material amendments following a grant of planning permission
| Application | Fee |
|---|---|
| Householder developments |
£43 |
| Any other developments | £293 |
Prior approval (under permitted development rights)
| Application | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Larger home extensions | £120 | |
| Additional storeys on a home | £120 | |
| Agricultural and forestry buildings and operations | £120 | |
| Demolition of buildings | £120 | |
| Communications (previously referred to as 'Telecommunications Code Systems Operators') | £578 | |
| Change of use from commercial/business/service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to 2 flats (Use Class C3) | £120 | |
| Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from commercial/business/service (Use Class E), hotels (Use Class C1), residential institutions (Use Class C2), secure residential institutions (Use Class C2A) to a state-funded school | £120 | |
| Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from an agricultural building to a state-funded school | £120 | |
| Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use within commercial/business/service (Use Class E), storage or distribution (Use Class B8) or hotels (Use Class C1) | £120 | |
| Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from commercial/business/service (Use Class E) to housing (Use Class C3) | £125 for each house or flat | |
| Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from an agricultural building to housing (Use Class C3) | £120; or £258 if the application includes building operations in connection with the change of use | |
| Change of use of a building from betting office, pay day loan shop, launderette; a mixed use combining one of these uses and use as housing; or hot food takeaways to housing (Use Class C3) | £120; or £258 if the application includes building operations in connection with the change of use | |
| Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from amusement arcades/centres and casinos to housing (Use Class C3) | £120; or £258 if the application includes building operations in connection with the change of use | |
| Temporary use of buildings or land for the purpose of commercial film-making and the associated temporary structures, works, plant or machinery required in connection with that use | £120 | |
| Provision of temporary school buildings on vacant commercial land and the use of that land as a state-funded school for up to 3 academic years | £120 | |
| Development consisting of the erection or construction of a collection facility within the curtilage of a shop | £120 | |
| Installation, alteration or replacement of other solar photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roofs of non-domestic buildings, up to a capacity of 1 megawatt | £120 | |
| Erection, extension or alteration of a university building | £120 | |
| Moveable structure within the curtilage of a historic visitor attraction or listed pub/restaurant/etc. | £120 | |
| Erection, extension or alteration on a closed defence site by or on behalf of the Crown of single living accommodation and/or non-residential buildings | £120 | |
| Construction of new houses or flats | Not more than 10 houses or flats | £418 for each house or flat |
| Between 10 and 50 houses or flats | £451 for each house or flat | |
| More than 50 houses or flats | £22,309 + £135 for each house or flat in excess of 50. Maximum fee of £405,000 | |
Cross-boundary applications
Where an application crosses one or more local or district planning authorities:
- The amount due is usually 150% of the 'single' fee that would have been payable for the proposed development (as if there had only been one application to a single authority covering the entire site); unless
- The 'total' fee (the sum total of each separately calculated fee for each part of the development within each authority's boundary) is smaller. In which case, this 'total' fee is the fee due.
In either case, the fee should be paid to the authority that contains the larger part of the application site within its boundary.
Concessions
Please note that not all concessions are valid for all application types. Upon receipt of your application, we will check that the fee is correct and if the concession is applicable.
Application types with no current fee
- Listed building consent
- Planning permission for relevant demolition in a conservation area
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) or in a conservation area
- Hedgerow removal notice
Exemptions from payment
You do not have to pay for:
- An application to carry out work which requires planning permission because of an Article 4 direction which removes certain permitted development rights from the property
- An application solely for the alteration or extension of an existing house or flat; or works in the curtilage of an existing house or flat (other than the erection of a house or flat) for the purpose of providing:
- Means of access to or within it for a disabled person who is resident in it, or is proposing to take up residence in it; or
- Facilities designed to secure that person's greater safety, health or comfort.
- Applicants will need to quote their registered disabled number.
- An application solely for the carrying out of the operations for the purpose of providing a means of access for disabled persons to or within a building or premises to which members of the public are admitted.
- An application if it relates to an alternate use of buildings or land within the same use class that requires planning permission only by the requirements of a condition imposed on a permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
- An application if it is for a lawful development certificate, for existing use, where an application for planning permission for the same development would be exempt from the need to pay a planning fee under any other planning fee regulation.
- An application if it is for consent to display an advertisement which results from a direction under Regulation 7 of the 2007 Regulations, disapplying deemed consent under Regulation 6 to the advertisement in question.
- An application if it relates to a condition or conditions on an application for listed building consent or planning permission for relevant demolition in a conservation area.
- An application if it is for a certificate of lawfulness of proposed works to a listed building.
- An application if it is for planning permission (for which a fee is payable) being made by the same applicant on the same date for the same site, buildings or land as the prior approval application (for larger home extensions, additional storeys on a home or change of uses).
Reductions to payments
- If the application is being made on behalf of a non-profit-making sports club for works for playing fields not involving buildings, the fee is £578
- If the application is an alternative proposal being submitted on the same site by the same applicant on the same day, where this application is of lesser cost, the fee is 50%.
- In respect of reserved matters, you must pay a sum equal to or greater than what would be payable at current rates for approval of all the reserved matters. If this amount has already been paid, the fee is £578.
- If the application is for a lawful development certificate for a proposed use or development, the fee is 50%.
- If two or more applications are submitted for different proposals on the same day and relating to the same site, you must pay the fee for the highest fee plus half sum of the others.
'Free Go'
Where the relevant 12-month period started no later than 5 December 2023, you will not need to pay for:
- An application that is the first and only revision of a previous application of the same type, for development of the same character or description, on the same site (or part of that site), by the same applicant, where we receive it within 12 months of:
- The date on which we received the previous application if it was withdrawn; or
- The date on which the previous application was granted or refused; or
- The determination period of the previous application expiring, where that application was validated, not determined, and then appealed on the grounds of non-determination.
- An application that is the first and only revision of a previous application for display advertisement(s) of the same description, on the same site(s) or part(s) of the site(s), by the same applicant, where we receive it within 12 months of:
- The date on which we received the previous application if it was withdrawn; or
- The date on which the previous application was refused.
Help with calculating fees
- Floorspace is the gross floorspace. It includes covered floorspace, columns, chimney breasts, stairwells, lifts, plant room and open-sided covered areas
- Floorspace is taken as an external measurement, including the thickness of external and internal walls
- Floorspace is calculated on the floorspace of the new development and not the floorspace of previous buildings on the site
Where you could calculate an application fee from more than one of the categories above, calculate both categories and submit the higher of the fees.
If you need help calculating these fees, please contact our Planning team using the contact details on this page.
Full details of planning application charges are set out in the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which should be read alongside the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012.
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