- Our fee
- Fixed in writing first. Householder from £500. Small full applications from £1,000. Written appeals £500 to £1,000
- Council fee
- Set for England and indexed every 1 April. Not included in our fee
- VAT
- No VAT on a planning application fee
- Appeal fee
- None to the Planning Inspectorate for a planning appeal
The figures below are the fees already published across this site, and the national schedule for England. Fees in Scotland and Wales are a different system, and we do not take that work. We confirm the Council figure for your application in the quote.
The official names are awkward, and they are not always the words people search for. If you cannot see the fee you need, email hello@dhplanning.co.uk and we will find it, or add it to this page.
Official sources:
- Fees for planning applications, GOV.UK guidance on who pays, how a fee is calculated, and which applications have no fee
- Planning fees: annual indexation from 1 April 2026, the fee table published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
DH Planning fees
The same figures are used on the service pages and on every area page. Larger schemes, hearings and enforcement appeals with several grounds are quoted individually. Drawings, surveys and other specialist reports are paid to your designer or specialist, not to us.
| Work | Our fee | Where it is set out |
|---|---|---|
| Householder application | From £500 | Householder applications |
| Full application, up to five dwellings | From £1,000 | Full applications |
| Change of use | Fixed, quoted on the building and the use | Change of use |
| Lawful development certificate | Fixed, quoted on the evidence | Lawful development certificates |
| Prior approval | Fixed, quoted on the class | Prior approval |
| Discharge of conditions | Fixed, agreed before work starts | Discharge of conditions |
| Planning appeal, written procedure | £500 to £1,000 | Planning appeals. Covers refusal, non-determination and a straightforward enforcement notice |
| Enforcement appeal with several grounds, or a hearing | Quoted individually | Enforcement notice appeals |
| Larger schemes | Quoted individually | Planning applications |
A resubmission is a new application. The Council fee is payable again. There is no free resubmission of the same scheme.
Council fees in England
These are the fees charged from 1 April 2026. They rose by 3.8 per cent, the Consumer Prices Index for September 2025. From 2025 the schedule rises each 1 April with inflation, capped at 10 per cent. The fee is paid to the Council when the application is submitted. Until the right fee is paid, the application is not valid. There is no VAT.
Any fraction of 0.1 hectare, or of the floor-space unit, is rounded up. Floor space is the gross external area to be created, including external and internal walls. The site area is the land edged red.
Houses and gardens
| Application | Council fee |
|---|---|
| Alteration or extension of one dwellinghouse | £548 |
| Alteration or extension of two or more dwellinghouses | £1,083 |
| Outbuilding, wall, fence, gate or other ancillary work in the curtilage | £272 |
| Prior approval, larger rear extension or upward extension of a house | £249 |
| Lawful development certificate for proposed work | Half the equivalent application fee. £274 where the full fee is £548 |
| Lawful development certificate for an existing use or operation | The same as the full application fee |
| Lawful development certificate for a breach of condition | £309, added to any other fee due |
New homes and other buildings
| Development | Council fee |
|---|---|
| Fewer than 10 new dwellinghouses | £610 each |
| 10 to 50 new dwellinghouses | £659 each |
| More than 50 new dwellinghouses | £32,578 plus £196 for each dwellinghouse over 50, maximum £427,537 |
| Change of use of a building to dwellinghouses | The same bands. Where the building is already one house, the fee is charged on the additional houses |
| Other change of use of a building or land | £610 |
| New building, no extra floor space, or not more than 40 square metres | £309 |
| New building, more than 40 and less than 1,000 square metres | £610 for each 75 square metres or part |
| New building, 1,000 to 3,750 square metres | £659 for each 75 square metres or part |
| New building, more than 3,750 square metres | £32,578 plus £196 for each extra 75 square metres, maximum £427,537 |
| Car park, service road or access for an existing use | £309 |
Outline permission for a single category is charged on site area: £610 for each 0.1 hectare under the first threshold, £659 for each 0.1 hectare in the middle band, then £16,291 plus £196 for each extra 0.1 hectare, to a maximum of £213,769. Permission in principle is £531 for each 0.1 hectare. A reserved matters application pays the full application fee, or £610 if that full fee has already been paid.
An outline application that covers more than one category was left out of the April 2026 indexation. GOV.UK says that fee is still £578 for each 0.1 hectare up to 0.5 hectares, £624 for each 0.1 hectare from 0.5 to 2.5 hectares, and £15,433 plus £186 for each extra 0.1 hectare after that, to a maximum of £202,500.
Prior approval
| Route | Council fee |
|---|---|
| Most prior approvals, including larger home extensions, agricultural buildings, demolition and solar equipment where a fee applies | £249 |
| Class MA, commercial to dwellinghouses | £260 for each proposed dwellinghouse |
| Class M, N or Q where the proposal includes building operations | £536. £249 if it does not |
| New dwellinghouses under Part 20, fewer than 10 | £441 each |
| Part 20, 10 to 50 dwellinghouses | £476 each |
| Part 20, more than 50 dwellinghouses | £23,550 plus £142 for each dwellinghouse over 50, maximum £427,537 |
| Electronic communications, Part 16 Class A | £610 |
Conditions, amendments and adverts
| Application | Council fee |
|---|---|
| Remove or vary a condition, householder | £89 |
| Remove or vary a condition, major development | £2,076 |
| Remove or vary a condition, any other case | £608 |
| Discharge of conditions, householder | £89 |
| Discharge of conditions, any other development, including a biodiversity gain plan | £309 |
| Non-material amendment, householder | £46 |
| Non-material amendment, any other case | £309 |
| Advertisement on the business premises, or an advance sign to a nearby business | £174 |
| Any other advertisement | £610 |
Other categories on the national schedule
| Development | Council fee |
|---|---|
| Agricultural building, not more than 465 square metres | £127 |
| Agricultural building, more than 465 and not more than 540 square metres | £610 |
| Glasshouse on agricultural land, not more than 465 square metres | £127 |
| Glasshouse, more than 465 and less than 1,000 square metres | £3,405 |
| Glasshouse, 1,000 square metres or more | £3,677 |
| Plant and machinery, site under 1 hectare | £610 for each 0.1 hectare |
| Plant and machinery, 1 to 5 hectares | £659 for each 0.1 hectare |
| Plant and machinery, over 5 hectares | £32,578 plus £196 for each extra 0.1 hectare, maximum £427,537 |
| Other operations, not in a named category | £309 for each 0.1 hectare, maximum £2,676 |
| Waste, mineral deposit or open mineral storage, site not more than 15 hectares | £333 for each 0.1 hectare |
| Winning and working of minerals, other than oil and gas, site not more than 15 hectares | £333 for each 0.1 hectare |
| Non-profit sport or recreation club, playing fields for its own use, not a building | £610 |
| Monitoring an active mining or landfill site | £523. £174 if the site is not active |
| Certificate of appropriate alternative development | £309 |
Source: Planning fees: annual indexation from 1 April 2026, GOV.UK. The method of calculation is explained in Fees for planning applications.
Applications with no Council fee
GOV.UK lists these as not subject to a planning application fee:
- Listed building consent, and discharge of a condition on a listed building consent
- Scheduled monument consent, and a certificate of immunity from listing
- Demolition of an unlisted building in a conservation area
- Consent to lop or fell a tree covered by a tree preservation order
- Works solely to provide access, or greater safety, health or comfort, for a disabled person living in or moving into an existing dwellinghouse. A new dwelling for a disabled person is not exempt
- A means of access for disabled people to a building or premises open to the public
There is no fee to the Planning Inspectorate for lodging a planning appeal. If an enforcement appeal asks for planning permission on ground (a), the Council charges a deemed application fee, which is the fee for that planning application.
Reductions
- A parish or town council pays half the normal fee
- Alternative proposals submitted at the same time, by the same applicant, for the same site: the highest fee, plus half of each of the others
- A site that crosses a local planning authority boundary: 150 per cent of the single fee, or the sum of the separate fees, whichever is less. Pay the authority that contains the larger part of the site
The Council checks the fee and whether a concession applies. A Planning Portal service charge, where the application is submitted that way, is separate from the Council fee. The Planning Portal fee calculator is the practical check for a single scheme. The legal schedule is the GOV.UK table linked above.
The application type, our fixed fee, and the Council fee for that scheme. You see both before you instruct.