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Pre-application fees

Advice type Cost
Major developments (b) - 10 to 49 dwellings; sites of up to 1.9ha or 1,000 to 4,999sqm gross floor area. £1,080  + £200 extra per additional meeting (plus vat)
Major developments (a) - 50 to 199 dwellings or 2ha to 3.9ha site area or 5,000 to 9,999 sqm gross floor area. £2,160 + £266 extra per additional meeting (plus vat)
Strategic major developments - 200+ dwellings or over four ha site area or more than 10,000 sqm gross floor area. £3,240 + £400 extra per additional meeting (plus vat)
Planning performance agreement (PPAs) or bespoke arrangements in relation to large scale, complex or strategic proposals where a bespoke charge is more suitable. This may include schemes where a PPA is involved.

To be agreed via negotiation

 All charges are inclusive of VAT and are non-refundable. 

Notes

Strategic major developments and major developments (a) - includes up to 3 meetings and notes of meetings and 1 written response.

Major (b), minor developments (a & b) & change of use (non-residential) - includes up to 2 meetings, notes of meetings and 1 written response.

Householder & advertisements - includes 1 meeting and 1 written response. It does not however include a site meeting/site visit. If a site meeting/visit is required at any stage, the normal fee rate will be doubled. For any subsequent meetings / site visits and additional £42 is required per request.

One short follow-up clarification/query on the advice provided will be given otherwise a further pre-application query will be necessary, which would generate a further fee. All above basic charges are exclusive of VAT* and all fees are non-refundable. *VAT payable at current rate (20% at time of print/April 2022).

All above basic charges are exclusive of VAT* and all fees are non-refundable. 

If specialist external advice is required to provide a response, the rates will be charged based on the fees incurred by the council i.e. In relation to independent viability assessments or specialist agricultural advice required. Such fees are to be agreed between the two parties before specialist advice is sought.