Householder Applications
Enlargement, improvement, or other alteration to a dwelling and incidental development within the garden including garages and outbuildings. This class does not include erection of a new house(s) in the garden.
Minor Works to non-residential property
E.g., awnings, solar panels, windows, adverts, small ancillary development up to 100 sq.m including extensions, sheds, bicycle racks, decking, cladding, flues, extractors, and pumps
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £260 |
Listed building/heritage with Conservation Officer only
Listed building advice/specific advice about impact on a conversation area or other heritage asset
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £215 |
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Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£495 |
| If your enquiry is of a more complex nature, we reserve the right to provide a bespoke fee. |
Bespoke based on hourly rate £110 per hour or part thereof |
Small minor:
- the replacement or erection of or, change of use to create 1 or 2 residential units or conversion of building(s) to 1 or 2 residential units.
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions to existing buildings; 200 to 499 sq.m floorspace
- erection of or works to agricultural buildings or land
- change of use of land only
- telecoms proposals
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £610 |
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Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£970 |
Minor:
- the replacement or erection of, or change of use to create between 3 to 9 residential units
- non-residential schemes for new buildings or extensions to existing buildings 500 – up to1000 sq.m floorspace
- small scale free standing renewable energy proposals under 1 hectare
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £855 |
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Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£1135 |
Types of development:
Small scale major:
- the replacement, or erection of, or change of use to create10-24 residential units
- residential development, or mixed use on a site area up to 2 hectares
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions more than 1,000 up to 4,999 sq.m floorspace or on a site area between 1 - 2 hectare
- small scale free standing renewable energy proposals over 1 hectare
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £1280 |
| Office based meeting and write up | £1450 |
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Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£1785 |
Medium scale major:
- the replacement or, erection of, or change of use to create 25 to 149 residential units
- residential development or mixed use on a site area 2 to 4 hectares
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions 5,000 up to 9,999 sq.m floorspace or on a site area between 2to 4 hectare
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £2430 |
| Office based meeting and write up | £2660 |
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Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£2895 |
Large scale major
- the replacement or, erection of, or change of use to create 150 + residential units
- residential development or a mixed use on a site area greater than 4 hectares
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions 10,000 sq.m or more floorspace or on a site area greater than 4 hectares
All environmental impact assessment development
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | Bespoke quote based on hourly rate or PPA |
| Office based meeting and write up | |
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Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
Type of development
Level 1
Including but not limited to:
- plant machinery for the processing, treatment or production of minerals or any mineral derived product on a site less than 1 hectare
- searches and tests of mineral deposits
- building or buildings less than 1000 square metres
- change of use of buildings or land
- winning and working of minerals on area less than 1 hectare
- landfill or land-raising on area less than 1 hectare
- non-residential development where land is, or forms part of, a site formerly used for the winning and working of minerals and has not been fully restored
- application under Section 73 of the 1990 Act not involving time extension to complete development
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
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Office / virtual or site-based meeting, and write up |
£2310 |
Level 2
Including but not limited to:
- environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) development;
- winning and working of minerals on area greater than 1 hectare
- plant and machinery for the processing, treatment or production of minerals or any mineral derived product or article on site more than 1 hectare
- landfill or land-raising on an area greater than 1 hectare
- restoration of mineral workings
- waste recovery, treatment, storage, processing, sorting, and transfer on an open site;
- buildings or building for use more than 1000 square metres
- disposal of mineral waste
- application under Section 73 of the 1990 Act for minor material amendment where the original permission was for development involving any of the above
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
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Office / virtual or site-based meeting, and write up |
£3010 |
Other advice minerals and waste
The Minerals & Waste Team can provide informal verbal advice (up to 30 minutes) in relation to likely information required to support pre-application requests or validate planning applications and to discuss pre-application responses. More detailed advice would incur a fee which shall be agreed and paid in advance of a meeting or written response.
Such advice includes, but is not limited to:
- discussion of consultee requirements including outcome of EIA screening and scoping
- planning matters relating to minerals and waste sites
Provide and facilitate feedback where draft documents to support a planning application (e.g., ES chapters or standalone documents) have been submitted.
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
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Please contact the Minerals and Waste Team to agree the type of advice and a fee |
Bespoke fee based on hourly rate £110 per hour or part there of |
Types of development:
| Types of development | Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|---|
| All other types of development not included above | Any | Contact for the bespoke quotation |
| Advice to a parish or town council relating to development they will commission/undertake | Any | Half the normal pre-ap fee |
| Advice relating to development specifically for the benefit/use of disabled persons. (A disabled person is one to whom Section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 applies or a child who is disabled for the purposes of part III of the Children Act 1989. A medical practitioner's certificate may be required in some cases) | Any | Free |
| Advice to affordable housing/community land trust | Any | Subject to full charges as set out above dependent on the development type |
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Follow up advice. If you need additional advice or would like to discuss the advice, we have given. |
Any | Based on hourly rate £110 per hour or part thereof |
| Types services | Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
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Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) |
Any |
Based on officer time and will be charged at £120.00 per hour or part thereof |
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Specialist Team Officer Advice |
Any |
An additional charge at an hourly rate of £110.00 per hour or part thereof will apply for each specialist team officer who is required to attend a meeting or provide a consultation response as part of your pre application enquiry |
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Design Review Panel |
Any |
We will provide a bespoke quote for our time on request at a rate of £120 per hour or part thereof |
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