Planning service fees and charges

We offer services that have fees and charges attached. All fees include VAT where applicable.

The fees and charges are payable from 1 April 2024.

Photocopying and document copies

• Photocopying (per page): 10p
• Plan copying (A0 per plan): £22
• Plan copying (A1 per plan): £11.50
• Plan copying (A2 per plan): £5.80
• Plan copying (A3 per plan): £2.65
• Plan copying (A4 per plan): £1.20
• Decision Notices including Enforcement and Appeal Notices (per page plus postage and packing): 10p
• Section 106 Agreements (per page plus postage and packing): 10p
• Research for private property sale/purchases (up to one hour): £56
• Research for private property sale/purchases (per hour thereafter): £56
• Search of adjoining land/property up to 200m (plus research fee as above): £72.

Administration application charges

An administration charge is applied for invalid planning applications and pre-applications if they are not made valid.

These charges are:

• £63 for Householder, Minor and Other applications with no planning officer input
• £126 for Major Applications and applications where officer input required.

Planning application costs

You'll also need to pay planning application costs.

These application costs:

• are set by the government and apply across the country
• are set out in our planning fees and charges guide
• can be worked out easily using the Planning Portal's fee calculator.