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Planning Fees

In most circumstances a fee needs to be paid when submitting a planning application. This page is a guide to the fees for planning applications 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.

These fees will rise by inflation (max 10%) each year. These fees are correct to 1st April 2025 (to the best of our knowledge). Please be aware in addition to these fees you will need to pay the portal fee of £84.40 simply to process your payment! The Planning Portal is a private company and not linked to the government, so you can’t blame Labour for this! You can of course pay the local authority directly if they accept this – many do.

Householder Application Fees

• Alterations / extensions to a single dwellinghouse – £528
• Alterations / extensions to a two or more dwellinghouse – £1043
• Operations within the boundary of an existing dwellinghouse including ancillary outbuildings, gates, fences etc – £262
• Application for a larger rear extension – £240
• Additional storeys on a home – £240
• Alterations for a disabled person – No fee
• If an application 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) – No Fee
• Also see lawful development certificates below
• Listed Building Consent – No Fee
• Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, householder – £86
• Discharge of conditions, householder – £86 per request
• Non Material Amendment for householder – £44
• Tree Preservation (TPO) works or in a conservation area – No Fee

Outline Application Fees

• The erection of dwellinghouses per 0.1 hectare for sites up to and including 0.5 hectares – £588 (or part thereof)
• The erection of dwellinghouse per 0.1 hectare for sites between 0.5ha and 2.5 hectares – £635 (or part thereof)
• The erection of dwellinghouse in excess of 2.5 hectares – £15,695 + £189 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 2.5ha to a maximum of £205,943
• The erection of buildings per 0.1 hectare for sites up to and including 0.5 hectares – £588 (or part thereof)
• The erection of buildings per 0.1 hectare for sites between 0.5ha and 2.5 hectares – £635 (or part thereof)
• The erection of buildings in excess of 2.5 hectares – £15,695 + £189 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 2.5ha to a maximum of £205,943

Application for Permission in Principle (see more)

• Site area – £512 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)

Full Application Fees

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

• Alterations / extensions to a single dwellinghouse – £528
• Alterations to a building for disabled access – No Fee
• Alterations / extensions to a two or more dwellinghouse – £1043
• Operations within the boundary of an existing dwellinghouse including ancillary outbuildings, gates, fences etc – £262
• New dwellinghouses (up to and including 10) – £588 per dwellinghouse
• New dwellinghouses (between 20 and 50) – £635 per dwellinghouse
• New dwellinghouses (for more than 50)  – £31,385 + £189 per additional dwellinghouse up to a maximum fee of £411,885

• Erections of agricultural buildings – up to 465 sq m. – £122
• Erections of agricultural buildings – between 465 sq m. and 540 sq m. – £588
• Erections of agricultural buildings – between 540 sq m and 1,000 sq m. – £588 + £588 per 75 sqm (or part thereof) over 540 sq m
• Erections of agricultural buildings – between 1,000 sq m and 4,215 sq m. – £5,077 + £635 per 75 sqm (or part thereof) over 1,000 sq m
• Erections of agricultural buildings – over 4,215 sq m. – £31,385 + £189 per 75 sqm (or part thereof) over 4,215 sq m to a maximum of £411,885

• Erections of greenhouses – up to 465 sq m. – £122
• Erections of greenhouses – between 465 sq m. and 1,000 sq m. – £3,280
• Erections of greenhouses – 1,00 sq m. and over  – £33,542

• Erections, alterations or replacement of plant & machinery per 0.1 hectare for sites up to 1ha – £588 (or part thereof)
• Erections, alterations or replacement of plant & machinery per 0.1 hectare for sites between 1ha and 5ha – £635 (or part thereof)
• Erections, alterations or replacement of plant & machinery per 0.1 hectare for sites over 5ha  – £31,385 + £189 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) over 5ha to a maximum of £411,885

• Erection of other buildings – up to 40 sq m – £298
• Erection of other buildings – between 40 sq m and 1,000 sq m. – £288 per 75 sqm (or part thereof)
• Erection of other buildings – between 1,000 sq m and 3,750 sq m. – £635 per 75 sqm (or part thereof)
• Erection of other buildings – more than 3,750 sq m. – £31,385 + £189 per additional 75 sqm (or part thereof) over 3,750 sq m to a maximum fee of £411,885

• Construction of car parks, service roads and other means of access – £298

• Operations connected with exploratory drilling – not more than 7.5ha – £698 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Operations connected with exploratory drilling – more than 7.5ha – £52,269 + £207 per additional  0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 7.5 ha to a maximum of £411,885
• Operations (other than exploratory drilling) for the winning and working of oil or natural gas – not more than 15ha – £353 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Operations (other than exploratory drilling) for the winning and working of oil or natural gas – more than 15ha – £52,886 + £207 per additional  0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 7.5 ha to a maximum of £107,090
• Other operations (winning and working of minerals) excluding oil and natural gas – not more than 15ha – £321 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Other operations (winning and working of minerals) excluding oil and natural gas – more than 15ha – £47,963 + £189 per additional  0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 7.5 ha to a maximum of £107,090
• Other operations (not within the above) – £298 for each 0.1ha (or part thereof) to a maximum of £2,578

• Waste – not more than 15ha – £321 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof)
• Waste – more than 15ha – £47,963 + £189 for each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) in excess of 15ha to a maximum of £107,090

• Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwellinghouses – not more than 10 dwellings – £588 per dwelling
• Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwellinghouses – between 10 and 50 dwellings – £635 per dwelling
• Change of use of a building to use as one or more separate dwellinghouses – more than 50 dwellinghouses – £31,385 + £189 for each in excess of 50 up to a maximum of £411,885
• Other Changes of Use of a building or land – £588

• Listed Building Consent – No Fee
• Tree Preservation (TPO) works or in a conservation area – No Fee
• Hedgerow Removal- No Fee
• Alternative proposal being submitted on the same site by the same applicant on the same day – 50% reduction on lesser or equal fee
• Two or more applications are submitted for different proposals on the same day and relating to the same site – 50% reduction on lesser fees
• Non-profit making sports club for works for playing fields (not involving buildings) – £588
• Parish or community council application – 50% reduction
• 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

• Existing use or operation – Same as Full Applications (see above)
• Existing use or operation – lawful not to comply with any condition or limitation – £298
• Proposed use or operation – Half the normal planning fee
• Certificate of lawfulness of proposed work to a listed building – No Fee

Prior Approval Fees

• Application for a larger homes extension – £240
• Class AA, additional storeys on a home – £240
• Class G, two flats above Use Class E – £240
• Class M – £240 or £516 including building operations
• Class MA, Use Class E to residential – £250 per dwelling house created
• Class N – £240 or £516 including building operations
• Class Q – £240 or £516 including building operations
• Class R – £240 (if over 150 sq m)
• Class S – £240
• Class T – £240
• Class BB (Part 4) – £240
• Class BC (Part 4) in a flood Zone 2 or 3 – £240
• Class CA (Part 4) – £240
• Class E (Part 4) – £240
• Class A (Part 6) – £240
• Class B (Part 6) – £240
• Class E (Part 6) – £240
• Class C (Part 7) – £240
• Class M (Part 7) – £240
• Class B (Part 11) – £240
• Relevant Demolition in a Conservation Area – No Fee
• Class A (Part 14) – £240
• Class B (Part 14) – £240
• Class J (Part 14) – £240
• Class K (Part 14) – £240
• Class OA (Part 14) – £240
• Class A (Part 16) – £588
• Class TA (Part 19) – £240

Prior Approval Fees under Part 20

• Not more than 10 new dwellings – £4258 per dwelling
• Between 10 and 50 dwellings – £459 per dwelling
• Over 50 new dwellings – £22,688 plus £137 for each dwelling above 50 to a maximum fee of £411,885

Reserved Matters Fees

• Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval – Full fee due or if full fee already paid then £588

Approval / Variation / discharge of condition fees

• Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, householder – £86
• Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, non-major development – £586
• Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission, major developments – £2,000
• Discharge of conditions, householder – £86 per request
• Discharge of conditions, others – £298 per request
• Conditions on a Listed Building consent – No Fee

Advertising Fees

• Relating to the business on the premises – £168
• Advance signs which are not situated on or visible from the site, directing the public to a business – £168
• Other advertisements – £588

Application Fees for a Non-material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission

• Applications in respect of householder developments – £44
• Applications in respect of other developments – £298

Exemptions from payment of fees

• 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) 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 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 £588
• 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

Details of increases from 1st April 2025 (already included in all figures above)

Page Updated: 7th May 2025