See below for a list of development types and the pre-application fee attached.
For any requirements not covered by our standard charges you can contact the planning team.
Pre-application advice fees
Householder
This development type is for householders.
- Fee - £35
- Service offer - Written response based on a single set of submitted information
- Timescale - 25 working days following receipt of a valid pre-application request.
Minors and others
This is NOT a householder development and not a major or large scale major development.
Typically, this development type covers:
- Small new build developments including residential schemes of between 1 and 9 units
- Retail, commercial, industrial schemes of less than 1,000 sq m
- Changes of use.
Fee, service response and timescales are:
- Fees - £600 or £300 for a small business ( see notes)
- Service response - Meeting if necessary with planning case officer, site visit and written response
- Timescale - Meeting confirmed within 10 working days from receipt of a valid pre-application, to take place within 10 working days of confirmation. Written response within 5 working days following meeting.
Majors
This development type covers:
- Residential schemes of between 10 and 49 units, or where the number of dwellings is not specified, with a site area of between 0.5 and 2.499 hectares
- Retail, commercial and industrial schemes with a floorspace of between 1,000 sqm and 1,999 sq m, or on sites of between 1 hectare and 1.999 hectares
- Educational, hospital, leisure and recreation schemes on sites of between 1 hectare and 1.999 hectares
- Schemes with two or more land uses on sites of between 1 hectare and 1.499 hectares
- Changes of use of building(s) with a gross floor area of between 1,000 sq m and 1,499 sq m.
Fee, service response and timescales are:
- Fees - £1,200
- Service response - Meeting with planning case officer and other disciplines if necessary. Site visit and written response
- Timescale - Meeting confirmed within 10 working days from receipt of a valid pre-application, to take place within 10 working days of confirmation. Written response within 10 working days following meeting.
Large scale majors
This development type covers:
- Residential schemes of over 50 units
- Retail, commercial and industrial schemes with a floorspace of 2,000 sq m or more, or on sites of 2 hectares or more
- Educational, hospital, leisure and recreation schemes on sites of 2 hectares or more
- Schemes with 2 or more land uses on sites of 1.5 hectares or more
- Changes of use of building(s) with a gross floor area of 1,500 sq m or more
- Any scheme requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment.
Fee, service response and timescales are:
- Fees - £3,000
- Service response - Meeting with development team, with all disciplines represented. Site visit and written response
- Timescale - Meeting confirmed within 10 working days from receipt of a valid pre-application, to take place within 10 working days of confirmation. Written response within 10 working days following meeting.
Notes
'Small business' is defined as a business with the following:
- Annual turnover not more than £10.2 million
- Balance sheet total not more than than £5.1 million
- Average number of employees not more than 50.
Please be aware that this applies to the end user / occupier of the development proposed, and not to the designer, developer or contractor who may be undertaking the development.
Any required follow-up meetings will incur an extra charge of 50% of the original pre-application fee (this option is not available for Householder pre-application cases).