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.
For example, awnings, solar panels, windows, adverts, small ancillary development up to 100 square metres including extensions, sheds, bicycle racks, decking, cladding, flues, extractors, and pumps
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £260 |
Listed building advice/specific advice about impact on a conversation area or other heritage asset
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £215 |
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:
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £610 |
Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£970 |
Minor:
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £855 |
Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£1135 |
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £1280 |
| Office based meeting and write up | £1450 |
Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£1785 |
Medium scale major are:
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £2430 |
| Office based meeting and write up | £2660 |
Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£2895 |
Large scale major are:
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 | |
Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
Including but not limited to:
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
Office / virtual or site-based meeting, and write up |
£2310 |
Including but not limited to:
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
Office / virtual or site-based meeting, and write up |
£3010 |
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:
Provide and facilitate feedback where draft documents to support a planning application (For example, ES chapters or standalone documents) have been submitted.
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
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 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 |
Follow up advice. If you need additional advice or would like to discuss the advice, we have given. |
Written (At officers’ discretion if you would like to discuss the advice) |
Based on hourly rate £110 per hour or part thereof |
| Types services | Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
| Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) | Any | Based on officer time and will be charged at £120 per hour or part thereof |
| Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) | Any | An additional charge at an hourly rate of £110 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 |
| 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 |
View more detail about our pre app service and other services we offer.
Payments can be made in the following ways:
By following the instructions online when you submit your pre-application request or householder permitted development enquiry.
By card payment over the phone.
We will work with you to get your application validated but there might be cases where an application is not pursued or withdrawn. In these circumstances we would retain an administrative charge of £50.00. The charge currently applies to pre-applications and permitted development enquiries as detailed in this document.
1. Floorspace refers to gross external floorspace.
2. The larger element of a mixed-use scheme will primarily be used to determine which category of fee applies to the proposal.
3. For the purposes of charging, flats and holiday accommodation are considered as houses.
4. Fees will be subject to periodic review, normally annually.
5. The charge applies to advice received from Dorset Council officers only.
6. Charges apply to pre-application advice for unauthorised development where works have already been carried out and may or not be subject to an enforcement investigation or enforcement action.
