Planning concessions
Some applications are either exempt from fees or offered at a reduced fee.
As the fee regulations are complex, applications will be checked on a case by case basis to ensure we make the correct exemption or reduction. These are listed below.
| When this happens | Changes to fees |
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An application solely for the alteration or extension of an existing dwellinghouse; or works in the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse (other than the erection of a dwellinghouse) for the purpose of providing: •Means of access to or within it for a disabled person who is resident in it, or is proposing to take up residence in it; or • Facilities designed to secure that person's greater safety, health or comfort. |
Exempt from fees |
| 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. | Exempt from fees |
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An application that is the first and only revision of a previous application of the same type, for development of the same character or description, on the same site (or part of that site), by the same applicant where it will be received by the Local Authority within 12 months of: • the Local Authority receiving the previous application if it was withdrawn; or • the previous application being granted or refused; or • the determination period of the previous application expiring, where that application was validated, not determined, and then appealed on the grounds of non-determination; and, in all cases, where that relevant 12-month period started no later than 5 December 2023. |
Exempt from fees (this exemption can only be claimed once for refusal/withdrawal and permission) |
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An application that is the first and only revision of a previous application, for display advertisement(s) of the same description, on the same site(s) or part(s) of the site(s), by the same applicant, where it will be received by the Local Authority within 12 months of: • the Local Authority receiving the previous application if it was withdrawn; or • the previous application being refused; and, in all cases, where that relevant 12-month period started no later than 5 December 2023. |
Exempt from fees |
| 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 | Exempt from fees |
| 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 | Exempt from fees |
| 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). | Exempt from fees |
| Application 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 | Exempt from fees |
| Application relating to a condition or conditions on an application for Listed Building Consent or planning permission for relevant demolition in a Conservation Area | Exempt from fees |
| Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Works to a listed building | Exempt from fees |
| Application made on behalf of a non-profit sports club for works on playing fields (not involving buildings) | £578 reduced fee |
| Application made on behalf of a parish or community council | 50% reduced fee |
| If the application is an alternative proposal submitted on the same day by the same applicant on the same site | Where this application is of lesser cost then the fee is 50% |
| Reserved matters | In respect of reserved matters you must pay a sum equal to or greater than what would be payable at current rates for approval of all the reserved matters. If this amount has already been paid then the fee is £578 |
| Applications for a lawful development certificate for a proposed use/development | 50% reduced fee |
| Submission of 2 or more applications relating to different proposals on the same site that are submitted on the same day | You pay the highest fee plus half the sum of the others. |
| Applications for a single site straddling the boundary between 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).This is 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 that 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. |