Schedule of fees for pre-application advice

Development type Cost of service
Code Largescale major developments £792* for written response,
including up to 2 meetings.
Additional advice requested
chargeable at hourly rate^
with a maximum of £3168*
1 Dwellings (200 or more)(4 ha or more)
2 Offices / R & D / light industry (>10,000sq metres or >2ha)
3 General Industry/storage/warehousing (>10,000sq metres or >2ha)
4 Retail distribution and servicing (>10,000sq metres or >2ha)
5 Gypsy and Traveller pitches (>10,000sq metres or >2ha)
6 All other largescale major developments (>10,000sq metres or >2ha)
Development type Cost of service
Code Smallscale major developments £396* for a written response
Or
£554* as above plus meeting/
£664* as above plus
accompanied site visit.
Additional advice requested
chargeable at hourly rate^ with a
maximum of £3168*
7 Dwellings (10 - 199) (0.5 ha and less than 4 ha)
8 Offices/ R & D / light industry (1,000sq metres - 9,999 sq metres)
9 General Industry/storage/warehousing (1,000sq metres - 9,999 sq metres)
10 Retail distribution and servicing (1,000sq metres - 9,999 sq metres)
11 Gypsy and Traveller pitches (1,000sq metres - 9,999 sq metres)
12 All other smallscale major developments (1,000sq metres - 9,999 sq metres)
Development type Cost of service
Code Minor developments £158* written response
Or
£317* as above plus
meeting/£427* as above plus
accompanied site visit
13 Dwellings (1-9) (Less than 0.5 ha)
14 Offices / R& D / light industry (< 1000 sq metres or 1ha)
15 General Industry/storage/warehousing (< 1000 sq metres or 1ha)
16 Retail distribution and servicing (< 1000 sq metres or 1ha)
17 Gypsy and Traveller pitches (< 1000 sq metres or 1ha)
18 All other minor developments (< 1000 sq metres or 1ha)
Development type Cost of service
Code Other developments Based on scale as above
19 Minerals processing Based on scale as above
20 Change of use £55
21 Householder developments £158*
22 Advertisements Based on scale as above
23 Listed building consents (to alter/extend) Based on scale as above
24 Listed building consents (to demolish) Based on scale as above
25 Conservation area consents Based on scale as above
26 Certificates of lawful development Quote on Request
27 Notifications Quote on Request

Notes:

1) ^ Hourly charges based on an average of officers hourly charges referred above which is £72.38/hour*
2) * Denotes that fees may be reviewed from 1st April yearly.
3) Time frames:

  • aim of 15 working days to respond to minor & other developments.
  • aim of 25 working days to respond to major developments.
  • large scale major development timetable to be arranged between case officer and applicant/agent.
  • 'fasttrack’ householder development service aim of 5 working days to respond.

4) All fees are shown inclusive of VAT.
5) 45 minutes is allocated per meeting, if one is included in the fees above.