Pre-application advice and Other Discretionary planning fees
Please note our new fee schedule from 01 February 2025
We will be applying the updated fees and charges to all new pre-application and other relevant service requests received on or after the 1st February 2025. The main changes contained within this revised document include:
- An overall uplift of 3.7% to cover staffing costs.
- Clarification of discretionary service costs for history research
- The introduction of fees for Planning Performance Agreements, and
- Monitoring fees for S.106’s that are not already the subject of fixed monitoring fees.
Pre-application advice and Other Discretionary Planning Fees 01.02.2025
Pre-application advice
We welcome and encourage discussions at an early stage before you make your planning application. There is a cost for this service.
Spending time and effort in preparing your proposal is more likely to result in a good-quality and acceptable development and also helps us process your application more quickly.
Experience has shown that pre-application advice can save time, costs and frustration and optimise the potential of a site, see Pre-application guidance and fees.
To apply for Householder pre-application advice, please complete:
Pre-application advice request form – Householder
To apply for all other pre-application advice, please complete:
Pre-application advice request form - Non householder
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Other discretionary planning fees
Validation of applications that are incorrect the second time around.
Failure to adhere to validation requirements of your application for a second time will result in requirement to pay a further 10% of the statutory application fee for which you are applying.
Printing of scanned applications.
Requests for printing an application will be charged on a sheet-by-sheet basis at 60 pence.
Retrievals of planning records (history search).
Retrievals of planning records (history search where application reference number not provided) will be charged at £160 + VAT. You will need to provide a Site Location Plan to a recognised scale, showing the direction of north and the surrounding area. Please email your request for this service to devcon@middevon.gov.uk
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Discretionary Fee Description |
Fee |
Including VAT |
|---|---|---|
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Validation of applications that are incorrect second time around |
10% of Statutory Fee applied for |
Not Subject to VAT |
| Printing of scanned applications | £0.50 per sheet (assumed A4). | £0.60 per sheet (assumed A4) |
|
Retrievals of planning records (history search where application reference number not provided). |
£160.00 |
£192.00 |
The introduction of an 20% uplift charge for administration work.
This is a fee we will charge an applicant when applying for planning permission which required further administration work than that normally required as part of the process. An example of this would be when the LPA are required to seek an Independent Viability Assessor to assess a viability assessment submitted by the applicant.
Payment methods
Details of how to make payment will be supplied on receipt of your request.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CHEQUES