Fees for Planning Applications

Overview

This consultation seeks views on proposals to:

1. Establish a new national default fee schedule, based on 90% of estimated costs, to bring planning fees to a level closer to cost recovery and act as a baseline from which a new local fee setting model will operate.
2. Introduce new fees and restructure existing fee categories in order to reduce complexity for users.
3. Implement a surcharge on planning fees for statutory consultees, set in the region of 10 per cent of the national default fee.
4. Establish the key principles behind local fee setting, as well as the potential to implement a cap on locally set fees.
5. Review the future role of discretionary services such as Planning Performance Agreements and pre-application advice in light of proposed increases to default fees and the introduction of the local variation model.

Please read the consultation document for more detail on the proposals before you share your views with us. 

Why your views matter

Your views will help shape policy development. 

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