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Planning Application Fees

(For applications made or deemed to be made on or after 6th April 2008)

Disclaimer: These notes are issued for guidance only. In any case of doubt or where a definition is required, reference should be made to Circular 04/2008 listed on the right.

Mixed Development
Where an application relates to a development which falls within more than one of the fee classifications, the fee payable is the highest of those classifications.	However, in the case of an application including the erection of dwellinghouses (including self-contained flats), the fees are cumulative.

Measurement: Floor space is taken to be the gross amount (all storeys) to be created by the development shown in the application. This is an external measurement, including the thickness of external and internal walls.

Floor space does not include other areas inside a building which are not readily usable such as lift-shafts, tanks & loft spaces, open balconies, open covered ways or minor canopies, open vehicle parking areas, terraces and the like : domestic outside toilets, coalhouses and areas with a headroom of less than 1.5 metres.

Party walls are to be measured to their centre line.

Quick conversions: 0.1 hectare =0.24 acre, 1 hectare =10000 sq.m/2.4711 acres, 1ft =0.3048m, 1sq.ft =0.0929sq.m

Fee payment can be made either online through the secure Planning Portal website as you submit your application electronically, or by cheque (made payable to Bath & N E Somerset Council). Without payment of the appropriate fee, an application is not valid.

Type of Application	Fee
Householder Applications
Enlargement, alterations or improvement to an existing dwellinghouse	£150
where the application relates to two or more dwellings	£295
Outline Applications (most types):
Where the site area does not exceed 2.5 hectares,	£335 per 0.1ha (or part thereof);
where the site area exceeds 2.5 hectares	£8,285 plus an additional £100 per 0.1 hectare, subject to a maximum of £125,000
Full Applications and applications for Reserved Matters
Erection of dwellings (50 or fewer dwellings)	£335 per dwelling
Erection of 51+ dwellings	£16,565 + £100 per dwelling (subject to maximum of £250,000)
Erections of buildings (other than dwellings, agricultural buildings, glasshouses, or plant and machinery)
Where no additional floorspace is created	£170
Where the area of gross floor space to be created does not exceed 40sq.m	£170
Where the area of gross floor space to be created exceeds 40sq.m, but not exceed 75sq.m	£335
Where the area of gross floor space to be created exceeds 75sq.m, but not exceed 3750sq.m	£335 for each 75 sq m of that area
Where the area of gross floor space to be created exceeds 3750sq.m	£16,565 + an additional £100 for each 75 sq m in excess of 3,750 sq m, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000
Approval of Reserved Matters where Flat Rate does not apply	A fee based upon the amount of floor space / number of dwelling houses involved
Approval of Reserved Matters where Flat Rate does apply - (Only when maximum fee has already been paid)	(Only when maximum fee has already been paid) £335
Erection, alterations or replacement of plant and machinery - where the site area does not exceed 5 hectares	£335 for each 0.1 hectare of the site area
Erection, alterations or replacement of plant and machinery - where the site area exceeds 5 hectares	£16,565 plus an additional £100 for each 0.1 hectare subject to a maximum of £250,000
Erection of Agricultural buildings, other than glasshouses and polytunnels
Where floorspace to be created does not exceed 465sq.m	£70
where floorspace to be created exceeds 465sq.m, but not more than 540sq.m	£335
where floorspace to be created exceeds 540sq.m but not exceeds 4215sq.m	£335 for the first 540sq.m and £335 for each additional 75sq.m in excess of 540 sq m
where floorspace to be created exceeds 4215sq.m	£16,565 + £100 for each additional 75sq.m in excess of 4215 sq m, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000
Erection of Glasshouses & Polytunnels on land used for agricultural purposes (including outline applications)
Floorspace to be created does not exceed 465sq.m	£70
where floorspace created exceeds 465sq.m	£1,870
Change of Use of building to one or more separate dwellings
Where the change of use is from a previous use as a single dwelling house to use as two or more single dwelling houses - 50 or fewer dwellings	£335 for each additional dwelling house
Where the change of use is from a previous use as a single dwelling house to use as two or more single dwelling houses - more than 50 dwellings	£16,565 and an additional £100 for each dwelling house in excess of 50 dwelling houses, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000
In all other cases - where the change of use is to use as 50 or fewer dwelling houses	£335 for each additional dwelling house
In all other cases - where the change of use is to use as more than 50 dwelling houses	£16,565 and an additional £100 for each dwelling house in excess of 50 dwelling houses, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000
Other Changes of Use	£335
The use of land for the disposal of refuse or waste materials or for the deposit of material remaining after minerals have been extracted from land
Where the site does not exceed 15 ha	£170 for each 0.1 ha of site area
Where the site exceeds 15 ha	£25,315 plus an additional £100 for each 0.1ha subject to a maximum in total of £65,000
Winning, Working, Storage of Minerals etc (inc use of land for storage of minerals in the open)
Where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares,	£170 for each 0.1 ha of site area
Where the site area exceeds 15 hectares,	£25,315 plus an additional £100 for each 0.1ha subject to a maximum in total of £65,000
The carrying out of operations connected with exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas:
Where the site area does not exceed 7.5 ha	£335 for each 0.1 ha of the site area
Where the site area exceeds 7.5 ha	£25,000 and an additional £100 for each 0.1 ha in excess of 7.5 ha, subject to a maximum in total of £250,000
Car parks etc
The construction of car parks, service roads and other means of access on land used for the purpose of a single undertaking, where the development is required for a purpose incidental to the existing use of the land	£170
Telecoms
Telecommunication Prior Approval	£335
Miscellaneous

Variation or removal of condition	£170
Applications for Determination of whether prior approval is required	£70
Renewal of unimplemented permissions for which the time limit has not expired	£170
Retention of buildings / Renewal of temporary permissions	£170
The carrying out of any operations not coming within any of the above categories
Cases not listed elsewhere	£170 for each 0.1 ha (or part thereof) of site area, subject to a maximum of £250,000
Advertisement Applications:
Adverts relating to the business displayed on the premises	£95
Signs directing the public to the business premises which are not visible from the site -	£95
All other Advertisements (e.g. Cross-street banners away from site, hoardings)	£335
Certificate of Lawful Use or Development:
Application for an Existing Use of land or operational development -	Same fee as if making a planning application;
application for an Existing activity in breach of Planning Condition(s)	£170
Application for a Proposed Use or operation	Half the fee payable as if making a planning application

Fee for confirmation of compliance with condition attached to planning permission

Where a request is made to a Local Planning Authority for written confirmation of compliance with a condition or conditions attached to a grant of planning permission a fee shall be paid to that authority as follows:

(a) where the request relates to a permission for development which falls within category 6 or 7(a) of Part 2 to Schedule 1of The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations (e.g. householder extensions and alterations), £25 for each request;

(b) where the request relates to a permission for development which falls within any other category of that Schedule, £85 for each request.

All fees are paid in advance - we will NOT invoice for a request due to the low fee.

Any fee paid under this regulation shall be refunded if the local planning authority fails to give the written confirmation requested within a period of twelve weeks from the date on which the authority received the request.

Fee Exemptions / Concessionary Fees

Free Resubmissions - The resubmitted application must be received by Planning Services within 12 months from the date of the Approval or Refusal and must be of the same character or description. In the case of Withdrawn applications, 12 months from the date of registration.

Applications for the extension or alteration to a dwellinghouse to improve access, safety, health or comfort for the benefit of a disabled person who is resident therein. Please provide evidence such as a photo copy of social services card including number and reference to 1948 act, or equivalent.

Applications relating solely to works to provide a means of access for persons with disabilities to or within a public building. Please provide evidence such as a photo copy of social services card including number and reference to 1948 act, or equivalent.

(In the Regulations, "disabled person" means:

· a) a person who is within any of the descriptions of persons to whom section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 applies; or

· b) a child who is disabled for the purposes of Part III of the Children Act 1989.)

Applications required by an Article 4 Direction or Removal of Permitted Development Rights.

Reduced Fees

Applications made by Parish Councils - Half the normal fee.

Applications for Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent - Fees not payable.

Footnote: VAT is not payable on fees for planning applications.