Planning application types and fees

Notification or prior approval

View our fees for applications for notification or prior approval.

This is where you're telling us about a development you would like to carry out or asking for prior approval for a development.

We can still refuse permission after you've notified us.

Permitted development

Permitted development part/class Fee (applies from 6 December 2023)
Part 1, Class A – larger home extension £120
Part 1, Class AA – enlargement of a home by construction of additional storeys £120
Part 3, Class C – change from retail, betting office, pay day loan shop or casino to restaurant or cafe £120
£258 (if it includes building operations in connection with change of use)
Part 3 Class E - change of use from Commercial/Business/Service (Use Class E), or Betting Office or Pay Day Loan Shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3) £120
Part 3, Class E - change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from commercial/business/service to dwellinghouses £125 for each dwelling
Part 3, Class M – change from retail, professional and financial services, takeaway or specific SG uses to dwellinghouses £120
£258 (if it includes building operations in connection with change of use)
Part 3, Class N – change from specific SG uses to dwellinghouses £120
£258 (if it includes building operations in connection with change of use)
Part 3, Class Q – change from agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses £120
£258 (if it includes building operations in connection with change of use)
Part 3, Class R – change from agricultural building to flexible commercial use £120
Part 3, Class S – change from agricultural buildings to state-funded school or nursery £120
Part 3, Class T – change from business, hotel etc to state-funded school or nursery £120
Part 4, Class BB - Movable structure within the curtilage of a historic visitor attraction, or listed pub/restaurant/etc £120
Part 4, Class CA – provision of a temporary state-funded school on previously vacant commercial land £120
Part 4, Class E – temporary use of buildings or land for film-making processes £120
Part 6, Class E – works on land for forestry £120
Part 7, Class C – development Consisting of the erection or construction of a collection facility within the curtilage of a Shop £120
Part 7, Class M – erection, extension, or alteration or a university building £120
Part 11, Class B – building operations associated with demolition of a building £120
Part 14, Class J – installation alteration or replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of non-domestic buildings, up to a capacity of 1 Megawatt £120
Part 16, Class A – communications (previously referred to as ‘Telecommunications Code Systems Operators) £578
Part 19, Class TA - erection, extension or alteration on a closed defence site by or on behalf of the Crown of single living accommodation and/or non-residential buildings £120
Part 20, Class A – Construction of new dwellings £418 per house (up to 10 dwellings total)

£451 per dwelling (between 10 and 50 dwellings total)

£22,309 plus £135 per new dwelling in excess of 50

Maximum total of £405,000

Other applications for notification or prior approval

Application type Fee
Hedgerow removal notice Exempt from fees
Notification of proposed works to trees in conservation areas (section 211 notice) Exempt from fees