Planning Fees for 2026

 

In most circumstances a fee needs to be paid when submitting a planning application. This page is a guide to planning fees in England. If you are unsure of the fee applicable, please contact your Local Planning Authority. Your application will not be validated without the correct fee being paid.

 

 

Planning fees are changing on 8th December 2026

 

Every figure on this page is shown twice: the fee payable today, followed in brackets by the fee from 8th December 2026, shown in red italics. So £548 (£575 from 8th December) means £548 today and £575 for an application made on or after that date.

The change comes from draft regulations laid before both Houses of Parliament on 16th July 2026. They are subject to the draft affirmative procedure and have not yet been approved or made, although the draft specifies 8th December 2026 as the commencement date. The new national default schedule is designed to move most planning fees towards about 90 per cent of estimated processing cost, so the December figures below are the amounts in the draft rather than fees already in force. Our news item on the fee changes covers the consultation outcome and what is driving the increase.

Where a line shows only one figure, that fee is not changing in December.

Which fee applies to you. The trigger is the date the application is made, not the date it is validated or determined. Submit on 7th December and you pay today’s fee even if the council decides it in 2027. Submit on 8th December and you pay the new fee.

What happens in April 2027. Planning fees are uprated for inflation every April, based on the previous September’s Consumer Prices Index and capped at 10 per cent. The December figures are deliberately exempted from the April 2026 uprating, so between 8th December 2026 and 31st March 2027 they are the exact amounts payable. The first uprating of the new figures falls on 1st April 2027. Nobody can calculate those amounts yet, because the September 2026 CPI is not published until the autumn. We will update this page when it is.

 

 

Submission-platform charges are separate from the statutory planning application fee. From 3rd September 2026, Planning Portal uses a banded service-charge model: Band 0 is £0 for eligible application types, Band 1 is £99 including VAT and Band 2 is £149 including VAT. Planda Portal currently states a processing fee of £85 including VAT. Planda says this covers its platform and pre-submission validation and support services; its payment terms also allow a third-party portal, gateway or submission charge where one is actually incurred. The Planning Portal is a commercial submission service rather than a GOV.UK service, and its charge is separate from the statutory planning application fee paid to the local planning authority. You do not have to use the Planning Portal where your local planning authority accepts applications and payment directly. However, submitting direct does not necessarily avoid an extra charge because some councils now levy their own administration fee for email or postal submissions.

 

Local council administration and amendment charges

 

The national planning application fee is no longer always the full amount an applicant may pay to the local planning authority. A growing number of councils are charging separately for discretionary administration or additional work which sits outside the statutory planning application fee.

These are not extra statutory planning application fees. They are local charges for services or administration provided by the council. The Government’s July 2026 planning-fee response says discretionary services should continue separately from the statutory planning service, should be transparent and should not cost more than the service provided.

Charges now seen at different councils include:

• handling an application which is invalid and is not corrected, is withdrawn or has to be returned
• accepting amendments or additional information to a live planning application where the case officer agrees to consider them
• receiving an application directly by email or post instead of through an online submission service
• fast-track or enhanced planning services, pre-application advice and Planning Performance Agreements

The amounts vary substantially. For example, Surrey Heath charges separately for invalid applications and direct submissions, and its live-application amendment service can cost £623 for a major application. Wyre Forest charges for both invalid applications and amendments. Telford & Wrekin operates a paid amendment service for major applications, while Brent deducts an administration charge where an application is technically deleted because it was never made valid.

Other councils take different approaches. Dorset applies a charge where an invalid application is not progressed or is withdrawn, while East Riding charges extra for email or paper submissions. Slough applies both a direct-submission service charge and an administration charge where an invalid application is returned.

The practical point is simple: before submitting an application, check the council’s own current planning fees and charges as well as the national fee table below. This is especially important if the application may be difficult to validate, is likely to need amendments during determination, or is being submitted direct to the council rather than through the Planning Portal.

The fees are broken down into various sections: Householder planning fees (for works on or around a residential property); Outline Planning; Reserved Matters; Permission in Principle; Full Planning; Lawful Development Certificates; Prior Approval; Conditions; Advertising; Non Material Amendments; Other fees; Exemptions; Fee Reductions & Complex fee calculations.  

 

Householder Planning Application Fees

 

• Alterations / extensions to a single dwellinghouse – £548 (£575 from 8th December)
• Alterations / extensions to two or more dwellinghouses – £1,083 (£1,130 from 8th December)
• Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use or Development (CLEUD) – £548 (£575 from 8th December) for most household cases
• Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed use or Development (CLOPUD) – £274 (£288 from 8th December) for most household cases
• Certificate of lawfulness of proposed work to a listed building – No Fee, unchanged
• The erection or construction of gates, fences, walls, or other means of enclosure; or works for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse (including buildings) – £272 (£285 from 8th December)
• Application for a larger rear extension – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Additional storeys on a home – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Alterations for a disabled person – No fee, unchanged
• If an application for planning permission (for which a fee is payable) is 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) – No Fee, unchanged
• Also see lawful development certificates below
• Listed Building Consent – No Fee, unchanged
• Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, householder – £89 (£112 from 8th December)
• Discharge of conditions, householder – £89 (£125 from 8th December) per request
• Non Material Amendment for householder – £46 (£53 from 8th December)
• Tree Preservation (TPO) works or in a conservation area – No Fee, unchanged

 

 

Outline Application Fees

 

The structure of the outline fee changes in December. Today a large site pays a lump sum plus an increment; from December it is charged per 0.1 hectare throughout, then an increment above 2.5 hectares. The two are not directly comparable, so both are set out in full.

• The erection of dwellinghouses, site under 0.5ha – £610 for each 0.1ha (£719 from 8th December)
• The erection of dwellinghouses, site 0.5ha to 2.5ha – £659 for each 0.1ha (£896 from 8th December)
• The erection of dwellinghouses, site over 2.5ha – now £16,291 + £196 for each 0.1ha above 2.5ha, max £213,769. From 8th December: £896 for each 0.1ha for the first 2.5ha, then £267 for each further 0.1ha, max £290,625
• The erection of other buildings, site under 1ha – £610 for each 0.1ha (£719 from 8th December)
• The erection of other buildings, site 1ha to 2.5ha – £659 for each 0.1ha (£896 from 8th December)
• The erection of other buildings, site over 2.5ha – now £16,291 + £196 for each 0.1ha above 2.5ha, max £213,769. From 8th December: £896 for each 0.1ha for the first 2.5ha, then £267 for each further 0.1ha, max £290,625
• Mixed use development, site under 0.5ha – £578 for each 0.1ha (£719 from 8th December)
• Mixed use development, site 0.5ha to 2.5ha – £624 for each 0.1ha (£896 from 8th December)
• Mixed use development, site over 2.5ha – now £15,433 + £186 for each 0.1ha above 2.5ha, max £202,500. From 8th December: £896 for each 0.1ha for the first 2.5ha, then £267 for each further 0.1ha, max £290,625

The mixed use figures are lower than the others because of a defect in the 2012 Regulations: the fee for an outline application covering more than one category of development was never brought within the annual inflation uprating. The government has acknowledged this and the December regulations correct it, so from 2027 mixed use will be uprated in line with everything else

 

 

Reserved Matters Fees

 

• Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval – Full fee due, or if the full fee has already been paid, £610 (£749 from 8th December)

 

 

Application for Permission in Principle (see more)

 

• Site area – now £531 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof). From 8th December: a flat fee of £825 whatever the site size

This is a genuine simplification and, on anything but the smallest site, a substantial saving. A one hectare site pays £5,310 today and £825 from December

 

 

Full Application Fees

 

(and First Submissions of Reserved Matters or Technical Details Consent)

 

Dwellinghouses / Flats etc.

 

• Enlargement, improvement, or other alteration of one existing dwellinghouse or flat – £548 (£575 from 8th December)
• Enlargement, improvement, or other alteration of two or more existing dwellinghouses or flats – £1,083 (£1,130 from 8th December)
• Alterations to a residential building for disabled access – No Fee, unchanged
• The carrying out of operations (including the erection of a building) within the boundary for purposes ancillary to its enjoyment, and/or the erection or construction of gates, fences, walls, or other means of enclosure along a boundary, for an existing single dwellinghouse or flat – £272 (£285 from 8th December)
• Erection of new dwellinghouses, fewer than 10 – £610 (£752 from 8th December) per dwellinghouse
• Erection of new dwellinghouses, 10 to 50 today, 10 to 49 from December – £659 (£818 from 8th December) per dwellinghouse
• Erection of new dwellinghouses, more than 50 today, more than 49 from December – now £32,578 + £196 per additional dwellinghouse, max £427,537. From 8th December: £818 each for the first 49, then £236 each, max £513,512

• Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwellinghouses, not more than 10 dwellings – £610 (£700 from 8th December) per dwelling
• Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwellinghouses, 10 to 50 today, 10 to 49 from December – £659 (£799 from 8th December) per dwelling
• Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwellinghouses, more than 50 today, more than 49 from December – now £32,578 + £196 for each in excess of 50, max £427,537. From 8th December: £799 each for the first 49, then £237 each, max £513,512

• Change of use from a single dwellinghouse to two or more single dwellinghouses, not more than 10 dwellings – £610 (£700 from 8th December) per dwelling
  If the change is from existing dwellings, use the additional number of dwellinghouses for fee calculation purposes

Note the band change. The middle band currently runs from 10 to 50 dwellings; from December it runs from 10 to 49, with the top band starting above 49

 

 

Erection of Buildings on Land Used for Agricultural Purposes

 

The agricultural bands are restructured in December. The 465 to 540 square metre band disappears and 465 to 1,000 becomes a single band, so several of these lines are not a like-for-like comparison.

• Erection of agricultural buildings, up to 465 sq m – £127 (£147 from 8th December)
• Erection of agricultural buildings, 465 sq m to 540 sq m – now £610. From 8th December this band is absorbed into the 465 to 1,000 sq m band below
• Erection of agricultural buildings, 540 sq m to 1,000 sq m – now £610 + £610 per 75 sq m over 540 sq m. From 8th December: £707 per 75 sq m above 465 sq m
• Erection of agricultural buildings, 1,000 sq m to 4,215 sq m – now £5,270 + £659 per 75 sq m over 1,000 sq m. From 8th December: £742 per 75 sq m above 465 sq m
• Erection of agricultural buildings, over 4,215 sq m – now £32,578 + £196 per 75 sq m over 4,215 sq m, max £427,537. From 8th December: £742 per 75 sq m, then £221 per 75 sq m above 4,215 sq m, max £513,512

• Erection of glasshouses on land used for agriculture, up to 465 sq m – £127 (£147 from 8th December)
• Erection of glasshouses, 465 sq m to under 1,000 sq m – £3,405 (£3,950 from 8th December)
• Erection of glasshouses, 1,000 sq m and over – £3,677 (£4,267 from 8th December)

 

 

Erection, Alterations, or Replacement of Plant and Machinery

 

• Site under 1ha – £610 (£660 from 8th December) for each 0.1 hectare or part thereof
• Site 1ha to 5ha – £659 (£712 from 8th December) for each 0.1 hectare or part thereof
• Site over 5ha – now £32,578 + £196 for each 0.1ha over 5ha, max £427,537. From 8th December: £712 for each 0.1ha for the first 5ha, then £212 for each further 0.1ha, max £513,512

 

 

Erection of Buildings e.g. commercial, community, charity (Not Dwellinghouses, Agricultural, Glasshouses, Plant, or Machinery)

 

• Erection of other buildings, no floorspace created or up to 40 sq m – £309 (£357 from 8th December)
• Erection of other buildings, 40 sq m to under 1,000 sq m – £610 (£705 from 8th December) per 75 sq m or part thereof
• Erection of other buildings, 1,000 sq m to 3,750 sq m – £659 (£759 from 8th December) per 75 sq m or part thereof
• Erection of other buildings, more than 3,750 sq m – now £32,578 + £196 per additional 75 sq m over 3,750 sq m, max £427,537. From 8th December: £759 per 75 sq m for the first 3,750 sq m, then £226 per 75 sq m, max £513,512

 

 

Construction of car parks, service roads and other means of access

 

• Construction of car parks, service roads and other means of access for existing uses – £309 (£357 from 8th December)

 

 

Exploratory drilling & other similar operations

 

These categories are also restructured. Today they charge a rate up to a threshold and then a lump sum plus increment above it; from December they charge per 0.1 hectare throughout, then an increment.

• Operations connected with exploratory drilling, not more than 7.5ha – now £725 for each 0.1ha. From 8th December: £994 for each 0.1ha
• Operations connected with exploratory drilling, more than 7.5ha – now £54,255 + £215 per additional 0.1ha above 7.5ha, max £427,537. From 8th December: £994 for each 0.1ha for the first 7.5ha, then £282 for each further 0.1ha, max £513,512
• Operations other than exploratory drilling for the winning and working of oil or natural gas, not more than 15ha – now £366 for each 0.1ha. From 8th December: £458 for each 0.1ha
• Operations other than exploratory drilling for the winning and working of oil or natural gas, more than 15ha – now £54,896 + £215 per additional 0.1ha above 15ha, max £111,159. From 8th December: £458 for each 0.1ha for the first 15ha, then £270 for each further 0.1ha, max £146,309
• Other operations, winning and working of minerals excluding oil and natural gas, not more than 15ha – now £333 for each 0.1ha. From 8th December: £458 for each 0.1ha
• Other operations, winning and working of minerals excluding oil and natural gas, more than 15ha – now £49,786 + £196 per additional 0.1ha above 15ha, max £111,159. From 8th December: £458 for each 0.1ha for the first 15ha, then £270 for each further 0.1ha, max £146,309
• Other operations not within any of the above – now £309 for each 0.1ha, max £2,676. From 8th December: £425 for each 0.1ha, max £3,682

 

 

Waste

 

• Use of land for disposal of refuse or waste, deposit of material after mineral extraction, or storage of minerals in the open, not more than 15ha – now £333 for each 0.1ha. From 8th December: £458 for each 0.1ha
• Use of land for disposal of refuse or waste, deposit of material after mineral extraction, or storage of minerals in the open, more than 15ha – now £49,786 + £196 for each 0.1ha above 15ha, max £111,159. From 8th December: £458 for each 0.1ha for the first 15ha, then £270 for each further 0.1ha, max £146,309

 

 

Other Changes of Use of a building or land

 

• Other changes of use of a building or land – £610 (£732 from 8th December)

 

 

Reductions to Full Planning Fees

 

• Listed Building Consent – No Fee, unchanged
• Tree Preservation (TPO) works or in a conservation area – No Fee, unchanged
• Hedgerow Removal – No Fee, unchanged
• Alterations to a building for disabled access – No Fee, unchanged
• Alternative proposal being submitted on the same site by the same applicant on the same day – 50% reduction on lesser or equal fee, unchanged
• Two or more applications submitted for different proposals on the same day relating to the same site – 50% reduction on lesser fees, unchanged
• Non-profit making sports club for works for playing fields not involving buildings – capped at £610 (£675 from 8th December)
• Parish or community council application – 50% reduction, unchanged
• 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

 

 

Lawful Development Certificate Fees (see more)

 

• Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use or Development (CLEUD) – £548 (£575 from 8th December) for most household cases
• Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed use or Development (CLOPUD) – £274 (£288 from 8th December) for most household cases
• Existing use or Development (CLEUD) – Same as Full Applications (see above), so it rises in step
• Existing use or operation, lawful not to comply with any condition or limitation – £309 (£360 from 8th December)
• Existing use as dwellinghouses, fewer than 10 – £610 (£700 from 8th December) each
• Existing use as dwellinghouses, 10 to 50 today, 10 to 49 from December – £659 (£799 from 8th December) each
• Existing use as dwellinghouses, more than 50 today, more than 49 from December – now £32,578 + £196 each, max £427,537. From 8th December: £799 each for the first 49, then £237 each, max £513,512
• Proposed use or operation (CLOPUD) – Half the full application fee (50% of higher fees from 8th December)
• Certificate of lawfulness of proposed work to a listed building – No Fee, unchanged

 

 

Prior Approval Fees

 

The most significant change here is at the bottom of this section. A number of prior approval applications are currently free of charge, and from 8th December 2026 they will all attract a £310 fee

Part 1 – Dwelling Houses

• Application for a larger home extension – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class AA, additional storeys on a home – £249 (£310 from 8th December)

Part 3 – Changes of Use

• Class G, two flats above Use Class E – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class M, launderette, betting office, payday loan shop, hot food takeaway to residential – £249 (£310 from 8th December), or £536 (£667 from 8th December) including building operations
• Class MA, Use Class E to residential – £260 (£323 from 8th December) per dwellinghouse created
• Class N, casino or amusement arcade to C3 – £249 (£310 from 8th December), or £536 (£667 from 8th December) including building operations
• Class Q, agricultural to residential – £249 (£310 from 8th December), or £536 (£667 from 8th December) including building operations
• Class R, agricultural to flexible commercial – £249 (£310 from 8th December) if over 150 sq m
• Class S, agricultural to state-funded schools – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class T, Use Class E and others to state-funded schools – £249 (£310 from 8th December)

Part 4 – Temporary Uses

• Class BB, moveable structures for listed buildings – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class BC, temporary campsites in flood zone 2 or 3 – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class CA, temporary school on vacant commercial land – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class E, temporary use of buildings for film-making – £249 (£310 from 8th December)

Part 6 – Agricultural & Forestry

• Class A, agricultural developments over 5ha – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class B, agricultural developments under 5ha – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class E, forestry developments – £249 (£310 from 8th December)

Part 7 – Non Residential

• Class C, click & collect facilities – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class M, extensions for schools, prisons & hospitals etc – £249 (£310 from 8th December)

Part 11 – Demolition

• Class B, demolition of a building – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Relevant demolition in a conservation area – No Fee, unchanged

Part 14 – Renewables

• Class A, solar equipment on residential – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class B, stand alone solar on residential – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class J, solar equipment on commercial – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class K, stand alone solar on commercial – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Class OA, solar canopy in commercial car parks – £249 (£310 from 8th December)

Part 16 – Electronic Communications

• Class A, electronic comms code operators – £610 (£760 from 8th December)

Part 19 – The Crown

• Class TA, development by the Crown on closed defence sites – £249 (£310 from 8th December)

Part 20 – Airspace

• Not more than 10 new dwellings – £441 (£597 from 8th December) per dwelling
• 10 to 50 dwellings today, 10 to 49 from December – £476 (£638 from 8th December) per dwelling
• Over 50 today, over 49 from December – now £23,550 plus £142 for each dwelling above 50, max £427,537. From 8th December: £638 each for the first 49, then £185 each, max £513,512

All other prior approval applications

• Any other application for prior approval under the GPDO – £249 (£310 from 8th December)
• Prior approval applications that currently attract no fee – No fee today, £310 from 8th December. This is a new charge

Working out exactly which prior approvals become chargeable takes a little unpicking, because the regulations approach it by omission rather than by listing them. Regulation 14 of the 2012 Fees Regulations sets out the Parts of Schedule 2 to the GPDO that attract a fee, and anything not mentioned there is currently free. The Parts never listed are 2, 9, 12, 15, 17 and 18, so applications under those become chargeable from 8th December 2026. Examples include gates and barriers at level crossings under Part 2, toll road facilities under Part 9 Class D, development by gas transporters under Part 15 Class A, and mining and mineral exploration under Part 17

The government has not published a definitive list, so treat the above as examples rather than the complete picture. The safest way to read the change is this: from 8th December 2026, any prior approval application under Schedule 2 to the GPDO attracts a fee, whether or not it was previously named in regulation 14

 

 

Approval / Variation / discharge of condition fees

 

• S73 – Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, householder – £89 (£112 from 8th December)
• S73 – Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, non-major development – £608, unchanged in December
• S73 – Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, major development – £2,076 (£3,150 from 8th December)
• Discharge of conditions, householder – £89 (£125 from 8th December) per request
• Discharge of conditions, others, including a condition relating to the submission of a Biodiversity Gain Plan – £309 (£435 from 8th December) per request
• Conditions on a Listed Building consent – No Fee, unchanged

The non-major section 73 fee is the one line on this page that does not really move. The regulations replace £586 with £608, but £608 is already what you pay after this April’s inflation uprating, so in cash terms nothing changes. The government consulted on raising it to £825 and decided against, because at that level it would sometimes have exceeded the fee for the equivalent full application

 

 

Replacement permission or extension of time

 

• Householder development – £88 (£112 from 8th December)
• Major development – £968 (£1,146 from 8th December)
• Any other case – £304 (£360 from 8th December)

 

 

Non-material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission

 

• Applications in respect of householder developments – £46 (£53 from 8th December)
• Applications in respect of other developments – £309 (£360 from 8th December)

 

 

Advertising Fees

 

• Relating to the business on the premises – £174 (£192 from 8th December)
• Advance signs which are not situated on or visible from the site, directing the public to a business – £174 (£192 from 8th December)
• Other advertisements – £610 (£675 from 8th December)

 

 

Other Fees

 

• Applications for Urgent Crown Development, made to the Secretary of State – Same as fee for planning, so it rises in step
• Monitoring of mining and landfill sites, where the whole or part of the site is active – £523 (£607 from 8th December)
• Monitoring of mining and landfill sites, where the site is not active – £174 (£202 from 8th December)
• Certificates of appropriate alternative development – £309 (£964 from 8th December)
• Erection of other buildings where there is no increase of floor space – £309 (£357 from 8th December)

The certificate of appropriate alternative development is the steepest rise in the package, more than trebling

 

 

Maximum fees

 

• General maximum – £427,537 (£513,512 from 8th December)
• Outline applications maximum – £213,769 (£290,625 from 8th December)
• Mixed use outline maximum – £202,500 (£290,625 from 8th December)
• Minerals, oil, gas and waste maximum – £111,159 (£146,309 from 8th December)
• Other operations maximum – £2,676 (£3,682 from 8th December)

 

 

Exemptions from payment of fees

 

None of the exemptions below are removed or altered by the December changes.

• For alterations, extensions, etc. to a dwellinghouse for the benefit of a registered 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
• Conditions on a Listed Building consent
• Certificate of lawfulness of proposed work to a listed building
• Planning permission for relevant demolition in a Conservation Area
• Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order or in a Conservation Area
• Hedgerow Removal
• 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 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) 
• If the application is for consent to display an advertisement which results from a direction under Regulation 7 of the 2007 Regulations, dis-applying deemed consent under Regulation 6 to the advertisement in question 
• If an application for planning permission (for which a fee is payable) is 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) 

The “free go” for repeat applications was abolished in December 2023 and is not being reinstated. The government considered a reduced resubmission fee and decided against it. No fee is being introduced for planning appeals in England

 

 

Reductions to payment of fees

 

• If the application is being made on behalf of a non-profit making sports club for works for playing fields not involving buildings then the fee is £610 (£675 from 8th December)
• If the application is being made on behalf of a parish or community council then the fee is 50%
• 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 then the fee is 50%
• If two or more applications are submitted for different proposals on the same day and relating to the same site then you must pay the fee for the highest fee plus half sum of the others
• 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

 

 

Multiple Development Calculation Rules

 

When an application includes more than one development type, the total is calculated as follows:

1: Erection of Dwellings and Erection of Buildings only

Total fee = Fee for new dwellinghouses + Highest fee from all the erection of buildings

2: New Dwellinghouses + Erection of Buildings + More Than One Other Developments (including changes of use) choose the highest fee from:

• Option A: The sum of new dwellings fee + highest erection of buildings fee
• Option B: The highest fee from all other developments

3: Mixed Development Without Any NEW Dwellinghouse Developments

Total fee = Highest fee from any developments (excluding erection of dwellings)

4: Where the application covers existing use(s) and any other matter constituting a failure to comply with any condition or limitation subject to which planning permission has been granted, the fee is:

• The fee for the existing use(s), which may be subject to the rules above; added to
• The fee for the previous failure to comply with conditions or limitations

 

 

Local fee setting: fees may rise further

 

The December schedule is a national default, not a fixed national price. The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 gives local planning authorities power to set their own fees, and these regulations do not bring that power into effect. Separate regulations are expected by the end of 2026, under which councils will be able to charge up to 30 per cent above the national default where they can justify it, with a further surcharge to fund statutory consultees.

From some point in 2027 the fee for the same application may therefore differ from one authority to the next. Always check with your local planning authority before submitting.

 

Details of the April 2026 increases, already included in all current figures above. The December 2026 figures come from the draft amending regulations

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Planning Fees Page Updated: 14th September 2026