Planning application fees

Planning fee increase effective from 6 December 2023

Legislative amendments to increase planning application fees have now been formally “made” and took effect from 6 December 2023. Amongst these changes are:

  • An increase in planning application fees by 25% across the board, which will rise to 35% for major schemes based on the legislative interpretation of ‘major development’.
  • the provision for a ‘free go’ on application resubmissions will be removed, but individual applications that were already eligible for a free resubmission prior to the change (i.e. before 6 December 2023) will remain so.
  • An annual rise in application fees linked to inflation (capped at 10% every April from 2025 onwards).

The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2920) (“the 2012 Fees Regulations”).

Planning application fees

Planning application fees are set nationally:

Fee refunds

£35 is charged for refunds of any fees submitted as part of a planning application.

Planning

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