Fee Levels for Pre-Application Advice

These are our charges for the pre-application service we provide. The fee for this service depends on the scale of the development and is set out below. Some advice like confirmation as to whether planning permission is required will continue to be provided free of charge.

Significant

Significant minerals and waste schemes:

All new quarries or landfill sites
Any extensions (site area, mineral reserve, void area or life) to existing quarries or landfill sites where extraction or deposit exceeds 30,000 tpa
Any waste management facility processing over 30,000 tpa
Major energy, minerals, or infrastructure proposals, including all stages of hydro-carbon development.

Any development involving creation or change of use of 500 sq.m or more floorspace

*£1,550 - £2,500 plus VAT(meeting and written advice)

*The amount charged will be dependent on the scale and complexity of the proposal. If the larger fee is required, this will be confirmed in advance.

Major

Any extensions (site area, mineral reserve, void area or life) to existing quarries or landfill sites where extraction or deposit is between 5,000 and 30,000 tpa
Any waste management facility processing between 5,000 and 30,000 tpa
Any development involving the creation or change of use of between 150 and 500 sq.m floorspace.

£930 plus VAT (meeting and written advice)

Minor

Minor minerals and waste proposals, not listed in the significant or major categories, such as minor variations / non- compliance to existing schemes /installation of plant and machinery
Any development involving the creation or change of use of floorspace less than 150sqm or development involving no new floorspace.

£465 plus VAT (meeting and written advice)

Follow-up meetings

Follow up meetings will be held, where appropriate, for all the above categories (significant, major, and minor). £185 plus VAT per officer, per meeting
Where necessary (and relevant to the proposal) specialist officers may be invited to attend follow up meetings. Specialist officers will be charged for at the above rate
Officers may also attend meetings arranged by relevant consultees/third parties as required (this may arise where consultation is required with other bodies to address a specific / technical issue. £185, plus VAT per officer, per meeting.

Other

Informal, office-based or virtual meeting (up to one hour to discuss any proposal).

£185 plus VAT (no written advice)

Permitted Development Enquiry

Confirmation as to whether planning permission is required.

£0 - £79* plus VAT

*If the applicant has indicated which relevant article(s) in the GPDO they consider exempts them from requiring planning permission, no charge will be applied. If no such information is provided and the applicant wants a full examination of whether planning permission is required, a £79 charge will be applied.