Planning application fees and charges

In most cases, you will need to pay a fee when submitting your planning application. We cannot process an application until we receive the correct fee.

Planning fees are set nationally and from 6 December 2023, the statutory fees required to be paid to local planning authorities increased. For major development applications, the fees typically went up by 35 per cent and for all other applications, the fees went up by approximately 25 per cent. This applied to applications made or considered to be made under the 2012 Fees Regulations. The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests, and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

You can check the cost of your planning application by using the fee calculator.

You can also check the full list of fees on the Planning Portal. 

How to pay

If you use the Planning Portal to make your planning application, you can only pay with a debit card when you submit it.

If you don't use the Planning Portal, you can pay by BACS. This process takes longer than a Planning Portal submission and you will need to wait several working days after submitting your application to hear back from us.  After you register and verify your application, you will be given a registered application number and our BACS details.

Other planning fees

We charge for some services like copies of documents, file retrievals and additional research. See more details on document copy requests and file retrieval.

Charges also apply for planning pre-application advice. Find out more on the pre-application advice page.