Planning application types and fees
The government sets all planning application fees. It's important to make sure you know what you need to pay, because we cannot process your application unless you've paid the right fee.
If you find anything on this webpage hard to understand, view our planning glossary and planning FAQs for help.
How to pay your fee
The easiest way to make an application is on the Planning Portal (external website). You will pay your fee by card when you submit the application.
If you apply to us by email or post, you will need to make sure you pay your fee at the same time to avoid processing delays.
Application types and fee
The most common application types are included in the table below. You can view a full list of application types and fees on the Planning Portal guide to the fees for planning applications in England (external download).
There is no fee for Listed Building Consent applications.
Application type |
What this includes |
Fee |
Residential development |
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Householder |
Alterations and extensions to a single home, including works with the boundary |
£206 |
Minor |
Alterations and extensions to two or more homes or flats |
£407 |
Major |
Creation of 50 or fewer new homes |
£462 for each home |
Major |
Creation of more than 50 new homes |
£22,859 flat fee plus £138 for each new home |
Non-residential development |
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Minor |
Up to 40sqm increase in gross floor space |
£234 |
Minor |
Between 41sqm and 75sqm increase in gross floor space |
£462 |
Minor (up to 1,000sqm) Major (over 1,000sqm) |
Between 76sqm and 3,750sqm increase in gross floor space |
£462 for each 75sqm |
Major |
More than 3,750sqm increase in gross floor space |
£22,859 base rate, plus £138 for each additional 75sqm with a maximum fee of £300,000 |
Advertising |
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Advertisement consent |
Relating to a business on the premises |
£132 |
Advertisement consent |
Advance signs which are not situated on or visible from the site, directing the public to a business |
£132 |
Advertisement consent |
Other advertisements |
£462 |
Lawful Development Certificates |
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Lawful development certificate |
Householder works |
£103 |
Lawful development certificate |
Proposed use or operation |
Half the normal fee for the development type |
Lawful development certificate |
Existing use or operation |
Same as full fee for the development type
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Lawful development certificate |
Existing use of operation – lawful not to comply with any condition or limitation |
£234 |
Non-material amendments |
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Householder |
Non-material amendment to a householder application following grant of planning permission |
£34 |
Other |
Any other non-material amendment to an application following grant of planning permission |
£234 |
Planning conditions |
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All application types |
Removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission (including material amendments) |
£234 |
Householder |
Discharge of a planning condition |
£34 |
All other application types (not including householder) |
Discharge of a planning condition |
£116 |
Reserved matters |
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Outline approval |
Approval of reserved matters following outline approval |
Full fee due or if full fee already paid then £462 due |
Prior approval |
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Prior approval |
Fee rate includes:
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£96 |
Prior approval |
Fee rate includes:
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£206 if it includes building operations in connection with the change of use |
Prior approval |
Communications (previously referred to as ‘Telecommunications Code Systems Operators’) |
£462 |
Prior approval |
Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from Commercial/Business/Service (Use Class E) to dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) |
£100 for each home |
Prior approval |
Construction of new homes |
£334 per home (up to 50 homes) £16,525 plus £100 for each homes (more than 50 homes) |
Page last updated: 02 February 2023