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Fees Payable
Site Directory
Community and Living
Planning
Development Management
Fees Payable
Outline Applications
| Applications | Cost |
|---|---|
| Most types | £290 per 0.1 ha (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £7,250 (=2.5 ha) |
| One dwellinghouse | £290 |
Full Applications and Reserved Matters
| Applications | Cost |
|---|---|
| Alterations, operations, etc within the curtilage of existing dwellinghouses. | £145 per dwellinghouse. Where application relates to 2 or more dwellinghouses £290. |
| Erection of dwellinghouses or conversion of existing buildings to form dwellinghouses. | £290 per dwellinghouse created. Maximum £14,500 (=50 houses). |
| Erection of buildings other than dwellinghouses, extensions to dwellings and buildings for agricultural purposes. | Works creating no additional floor space or not more than 40 sq m of additional floor space - £145. More than 40 sq m but not more than 75 sq m of additional floor space - £290. Each additional 75 sq m (or part thereof) - £290. Maximum £14,500 (=3,750 sq m). |
| Erection, alteration or replacement of plant and machinery. | £290 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of the site area. Maximum £14,500 (=5ha). |
| Erection of agricultural buildings. | Where the gross floor space is less than 465 sq m – NIL. Over 465 sq m but not exceeding 540 sq m - £290; where the gross floor area is over 540 sq m £290 for the first 540 sq m and £290 for each 75 sq m in excess of that figure subject to a maximum of £14,500. |
| Erection of agricultural glasshouse buildings. | Where the gross floor area is less than 465 sq m – NIL. Over 465 sq m - £1,675. |
| Approval of reserved matters where flat rate (below) does not apply. | A fee based on floor space/ numbers of dwellinghouses involved. |
Other Applications
| Applications | Cost |
|---|---|
| Reserved matters where applicant’s earlier reserved matters applications have incurred total fees equalling that for a full application for entire scheme. | £290 |
| Winning, working or storage or minerals etc (other than peat) and waste disposal. | £145 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £21,750 (=15ha). |
| Winning and working of peat. | £145 per hectare (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £21,750 (=15ha). |
| Carrying out of exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas. | £290 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £21,750 (=7.5ha). |
| Car parks, service roads or other accesses (existing uses only). | £145 |
| Other operations on land. | £145 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £1,450 (=1ha). |
| For non-compliance with conditions including retention of temporary buildings etc. | £145 (if not exempt as a revision). |
| Change of use to (and sub-division of) dwellinghouses. | £290 per additional dwellinghouse created. Maximum £14,500 (=50 dwellinghouses). |
| Other changes of use excluding dwellinghouses, waste or minerals. | £290 |
Advertisements |
£145 |
| Applications for determinations as to whether the prior approval of the authority is required for agricultural/ forestry and other buildings with permitted development rights. | £55 |
| Deemed applications in connection with an appeal against an enforcement notice. | Double the appropriate planning fee. |
Concessionary Fees and Exemptions
| Applications | Cost |
|---|---|
| Works to improve a disabled person’s access to a public building, or to improve their access, safety, health or comfort at their dwellinghouse. | No fee. |
| Applications (including advertisement applications) by community councils. | Half the normal fee. |
| Applications required because of the removal of permitted development rights by a condition or by an Article 4 direction. | No fee. |
| Applications required because of the removal by a condition of a right to make a change of use within the Use Classes Order. | No fee. |
| Playing fields (for sports clubs etc). | £290 |
| Revised or fresh applications for development or advertisements of the same character or description within 12 months of refusal, or of the making of the earlier application if withdrawn, or within 12 months of expiry of the statutory 8 weeks period where the applicant has appealed to Scottish Ministers on the grounds of non-determination. | No fee. |
| Revised or fresh application for development of the same character or description within 12 months of receiving permission. | No fee. |
| Alternative schemes. | Highest of the fees applicable for each option and a sum equal to half of the rest. |
| Development crossing planning authority boundaries requiring several applications. | Only one fee, paid to the authority having the larger site but calculated for whole scheme, and subject to special ceiling. |
Certificates of Lawful Use or Development
| Applications | Cost |
|---|---|
| Section 150(1)(a) – use as one or more separate dwellinghouses. | £290 for each dwellinghouse subject to a maximum of £14,500. |
| Section 150(1)(a) or (b) – uses other than use as one or more separate dwellinghouses and any operations. | The same fee as would apply to a planning application for the same development. |
| Section 150(1)(c) | £145 |
| Section 151(1) | Half the fee applying to a planning application for the same development. |
Notes
The measurement of site area includes:
- the area of ground to be developed or built on within a site and/or includes any ground which will have its use changed.
The measurement of gross floorspace includes:
- perimeter wall thickness and projections
- areas occupied by internal walls and partitions
- columns, piers, chimney-breasts, stairwells and the like
- lift rooms, plant rooms, tank rooms, fuel stores whether or not above the main roof level
- open sided covered areas and enclosed car-parking areas.
Gross floorspace excludes:
- open balconies
- open covered ways or minor canopies
- open vehicle parking areas, terraces and the like
- domestic outside WCs and coalhouses
- areas with a headroom of less than 1.5m
Party walls are to be measured to their centre lines. These conventions are in accordance with the "Code of Measuring Practice" prepared by the RICS and ISVA.
