Finance and Business

Planning Services

Planning charges 

 

Photocopying charges 

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Copies less than £1.00 no charge* £0.00 £0.00
A4 – mono* £0.10 £0.10
A4 Colour* £0.30 £0.30
A3 – mono* £0.20 £0.20
A3 Colour* £0.60 £0.60
A2 – mono* £0.40 £0.40
A2 Colour* £1.20 £1.20
A1 – mono* £0.80 £0.80
A1 Colour* £2.40 £2.40
A0 – mono* £1.60 £1.60
A0 Colour* £4.80 £4.80

 

All Outline Applications

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Outline planning - up to 2.5 hectares £460.00 per 0.1 hectare £460.00 per 0.1 hectare
In excess of 2.5 hectares up to a maximum of £150,000 £11,500 + £120 per 0.1 hectare  £11,500 + £120 per 0.1 hectare  

 

Housing Applications

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Alterations/extensions to a single dwelling (excluding flats), including works within boundary £230.00 £230.00

 

Full Applications (and First Submissions of Reserved Matters)

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Alterations/extensions to two or more dwellings (or one or  more flats) including works within boundaries £460.00 £460.00
New dwellings (up to and including 50) £460.00 per dwelling £460.00 per dwelling
New dwellings (more than 50) up to a maximum fee of £300,000 £23,000 + £120 per additional dwelling £23,000 + £120 per additional dwelling

 

Full applications - Erection of buildings (not dwellings, glass-houses, agricultural or plant nor machinery)

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
No Increase in gross floor space or no more than 40m2 £230.00 £230.00
Increase of floor space more than 40m2 but no more than 75 m2 £460.00 £460.00
Increase of floor space more than 75 m2 or part thereof to a maximum of £300,000 £460.00 for each 75 m2 or part thereof £460.00 for each 75 m2 or part thereof

 

The erection of buildings (on land used for agriculture for agricultural purposes)

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Site area - not more than 465m2  £85.00  £85.00
More than 465 m2 but not more than 540 m2  £460.00 £460.00 
Site area more than 540 mto a maximum of £300,000  £460.00 for the first 540 m2 + £460.00 for each 75 m2 (or part thereof) in excess of 540 m2  £460.00 for the first 540 m2 + £460.00 for each 75 m2 (or part thereof) in excess of 540 m2

 

Erection of glasshouses on land used for the purposes of agricultural

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Site area no more than 465 m2 £85.00 £85.00
Site area more than 465 m2 £2,600.00 £2,600.00
Full Applications - erection, alterations, replacement of plant and machinery - Site area not more than 5 hectares £460.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) £460.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
Site area - More than 5 hectares to a maximum of £300,000 £23,000 + additional £120.00 for each 0.1 hectare or part thereof in excess of 5 hectares  £23,000 + additional £120.00 for each 0.1 hectare or part thereof in excess of 5 hectares 

 

Applications other than building works

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Car parks, service roads or other accesses – for existing use £230.00 £230.00
Waste (use of land for disposal of refuse or waste materials or deposit of material remaining after extraction or storage of minerals) - Site area - Not more than 15 hectares £230.00  £230.00 
Waste (use of land for disposal of refuse or waste materials or deposit of material remaining after extraction or storage of minerals) - Site area more than 15 hectares up to a maximum of £80,000 £34,500 + £120 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) £34,500 + £120 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
Operations connected with the exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas - Site area - not more than 7.5 hectares £460.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part there of) £460.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part there of)
Operations connected with the exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas - Site area - More than 7.5 hectares up to a maximum of £300,000 £34,500 + additional £120.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof in excess of 7.5 hectares  £34,500 + additional £120.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof in excess of 7.5 hectares 

 

Applications other than building works - mining and working of minerals

Description 
2023-24
2024-25

Site area not more than 15 hectares

£230.00 for each 0.1 hectares (or part thereof) £230.00 for each 0.1 hectares (or part thereof)
Site area more than 15 hectares up to a maximum of £80,000 £34,500 + additional £120.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 15 hectares  £34,500 + additional £120.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 15 hectares 

 

Other operations (not coming within any of the above categories)

Description 
2023-24
2024-25
Site area - any site area up to a maximum of £300,000  £230.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)   £230.00 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) 
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing use or operation – same as full application  £460.00  £460.00
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing use or operation - lawful not to comply with particular condition  £230.00  £230.00
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed use or operation  Half the normal planning fee  Half the normal planning fee
Prior approval - Agricultural and forestry buildings & operations or demolition of buildings  £100.00  £100.00
Prior approval - Telecommunications code systems operations  £460.00  £460.00
Reserved Matters - Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission  £230.00  £230.00
Reserved Matters - Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval  Full fee due or if full fee paid then £460.00  Full fee due or if full fee paid then £460.00

Reserved Matters - Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwelling houses, or other cases

Change of use of a single dwelling to be used for 2 or more dwellings - Not more than 50 dwellings 

 £460.00 for each dwelling  £460.00 for each dwelling

Reserved Matters - Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwelling houses, or other cases

Change of use of a single dwelling to be used for 2 or more dwellings - More than 50 dwellings

£23,000 +£120.00 for each in excess of 50 to a maximum of £300,000 £23,000 +£120.00 for each in excess of 50 to a maximum of £300,000

Reserved Matters - Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwelling houses, or other cases

Change of use of a building for 1 or more separate dwellings - Not more than 50 dwellings 

 £460.00 for each dwelling  £460.00 for each dwelling
Reserved Matters - Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwelling houses, or other cases

Change of use of a building for 1 or more separate dwellings - More than 50 dwellings

£23,000 +£120.00 for each in excess of 50 to a maximum of £300,000 £23,000 +£120.00 for each in excess of 50 to a maximum of £300,000
Other material change of use of a building or land £460.00 £460.00
Advertising - Relating to the business on the premises £120.00 £120.00
Advertising - Advance signs which are not situated on or visible from the site, directing the public to a business £120.00 £120.00
Advertising - Other advertisements £460.00 £460.00
Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission - Applications in respect of householder developments £35.00 £35.00
Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission - Applications in respect of other developments £115.00 £115.00
Fees for discharge on conditions - Applications in respect of householder developments £35.00 £35.00
Fees for discharge on conditions - Applications in respect of other developments £115.00 £115.00

 

Cross Boundary Applications 

Where applications are made for planning permission, for approval of reserved matters or for certificates of lawful use or development which relate to land in the area of two or more local planning authorities, a fee is payable to each local planning authority. The fee payable is calculated in the normal manner.

 

Concessions 

Exemptions From Payment

  • For alterations, extensions, etc. to a dwelling house for the benefit of a disabled person.
  • 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. 
  • Listed Building Consent
  • Conservation Area Consent
  • Works to Trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order or in a Conservation Area 
  • Hedgerow Removal
  • If the proposal relates to works that require planning permission only by virtue of an Article 4 Direction of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. I.e. where the application is required only because of a direction or planning condition removing permitted development rights.
  • If the application 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.
  • If the application is for consent to display an advertisement following either a withdrawal of an earlier application (before notice of decision was issued) or where the application is made following refusal of consent for display of an advertisement, and where the application is made by or on behalf of the same person. 
  • If the application is for consent to display an advertisement which results from a direction under Regulation 7 of the Control of Advertisements Regulations 1992, dis-applying deemed consent under Regulation 6 to the advertisement in question. 
  • If the application is for alternative proposals for the same site by the same applicant, in order to benefit from the permitted development right in Schedule 2 Part 3 Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

 

All Fees are inclusive of VAT, if applicable (unless otherwise stated). Fees and charges marked with an asterisk * are set by the Council, those not marked are set by other organisations such as Welsh Government and UK Government.

ID: 10194, revised 04/11/2024
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