Fee Levels for Pre-Application Advice

• All new and extensions to opencast coal sites.
• All new quarries or landfill sites.
• Any extensions (site area, mineral reserve, void area or life) to existing quarries or land fill 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 floor space

• Any extensions (site area, mineral reserve,void area or life) to existing quarries or land fill 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 floor space.

• 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 floor space less than 150 sqm or development involving no new floor space.

• Follow up meetings will be held, where appropriate, for all the above categories (significant, major, and minor).
• Where necessary (and relevant to the proposal) specialist officers may be invited to attend follow up meetings.
• 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

£150, plus VAT per officer, per meeting.

Specialist officers will be charged for at the above rate £150, plus VAT per officer, per meeting.

• Informal, office-based meeting up to one hour to discuss any proposal

• Confirmation as to whether planning permission required
• Any proposal for which there is no planning fee