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In many instances you will need to pay a fee when applying for planning permission.

 

The following information and the information on our development fees webpage is a summarised version of the fees we charge for applications, which may help you calculate the amount you will be expected to pay for your planning application. 

Please see the The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 57.4Kb PDF or the Goverment Guidance on Fees 331Kb PDF for further information on how to apply the fees.

 

Under the terms of the 2008 regulations, you will need to pay a fee if you require...

 

If you are required to pay a planning fee see our Development Fees webpage to see how much you will be charged.

You can also use the Planning Portal online Fee Calculator.

 

You will not need to pay a fee for...

 

A

Disabled Residents

Development to an existing dwelling unit within the curtilage where such development is designed to provide the greater health or safety or comfort of any resident or proposed resident disabled person who is within the description of persons to whom Section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1989 applies. Confirmation of the disability may be required.

B

Disabled Access

Development for the purposes of providing means of access for disabled persons to or within a public building

C Development needing permission by reason of Article 4 direction.
D

Development where required, following the removal of permitted development rights, by a condition attached to a planning permission.

E

Revised application for which the fee was paid

The revised application for development by the same applicant of the same character or description on the same site within 12 months of approval or refusal of an earlier application, for which the fee was paid.

F

Development, where an appeal has been made to the Secretary of State under Section 78 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (i.e. non-determination within Statutory Period), for development of the same character of description on the same site within 12 months of the date of expiry of the 8 week period.

G

Revised application of an advertisement

The revised application for express consent to display an advertisement of the same description on the same site within 12 months following the withdrawal or refusal of an earlier application, for which the fee was paid.

H

Change of use within the same use class necessary by reason of the requirement of a condition imposed upon a permission.

I

Revised application following withdrawal

The revised application for development by the same applicant of the same character or description on the same site within 12 months of date of submission of a valid application, withdrawn before determination.

J Listed Building Consent
K

Consent required by a condition attached to a Planning permission and which related to anything other than a "reserved matter" (see below).

L

Permission to lop, top or fell any trees subject of a Tree Preservation Order or Trees in a Conservation Area.

Reserved Matters

In some instances the Council will require further details to be submitted for approval following the granting of outline planning permission. Reserved matters applications must normally be submitted within three years of the date of the outline permission, otherwise permission will lapse. Once approved development must normally start either within 3 years of the date of outline permission or within 2 years of the date of reserved matters approval. Reserved matters are defined in as matters relating to :-

 

Where on one development, application for reserved matters is made in several stages by the same applicant, each stage attracts the formal fee until the total fees paid in the successive submissions equals the sum that would have been paid had application for approval of all reserved matters been made in one submission.

 

Thereafter applications attract a flat fee of £335.

 

Email the Planning and Development Team if you require any clarification. 

 

Please note the information on our webpages should not be construed as legal documentation.

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