Apply for Highways pre-application advice before you formally apply for planning permission
What we offer
As part of pre-application advice, we will:
- review your planning proposals and technical work
- decide if there are any transport concerns (such as concerns with traffic capacity, parking, safety or complying with transport policy)
- visit your site, if required
We'll then give you a formal recommendation, usually within 30 days (unless we need more information from you or it requires more technical work).
When our Planning Team receive your planning application, they'll consider our recommendation.
We check planning proposals against the following criteria, to make sure that the proposal:
- complies with national, county and local transport policy
- is compatible with road transport infrastructure
- limits unacceptable road transport impacts
- acknowledges any developer-led improvements
- has enough parking
- promotes sustainable travel
- is safe
- has no likely highway encroachments
- acknowledges if any road improvement lines are affected
Our recommendations
Our recommendation will be sent to you as one of 3 outcomes:
- no objection without conditions
- no objection with conditions
- refusal
View an example of one of our 'no objections with conditions' recommendations (PDF, 73.5 KB)
Fees
Residential developments
| Number of dwellings | Fee (includes VAT) |
|---|---|
| Householder | £257 |
| 1 dwelling | £579.40 |
| 2 to 9 dwellings (new or converted) | £1,011 |
| 10 to 24 dwellings | £1,637.55 |
| 25 to 199 dwellings | £3,626.70 |
| 200 to 249 dwellings | £6,744 |
| 250 to 600 dwellings | £9,877 |
| 601+ dwellings | £12,500 |
Commercial developments
| Size of development | Fee (includes VAT) |
|---|---|
| Up to 100sqm | £617.95 |
| 101sqm to 500sqm | £1,011 |
| 501sqm to 1000sqm | £1,685.70 |
| 1001sqm to 5000sqm | £3,626.70 |
| 5001sqm to 10,000sqm | £6,744 |
| 10,001sqm to 20,999sqm | £9,877 |
| Over 30,000sqm | £12,500 |
For mixed-use sites, we will add half of the lower category fee to the higher category fee to calculate the total cost.
Apply for advice
We will ask for basic information about your planning proposal, including any supporting documents.