Pre-Application and Planning Service Fees

Pre-application Householder development

£210

£290 with Site Visit

Advice on development within the curtilage of a residential property (non-listed), with the provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional advice and meeting (if required) following submission of additional detail £210 or £290 with Site visit

Pre-application Advertisement Consent

£210

£290 with Site Visit

Advice on display of advertisement, with the provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to a 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional advice and meeting (if required) following submission of additional detail £210 or £290 with Site visit

Pre-application Small  Minor 1-2 Dwellings or non-residential floor space up to 499 sqm, telecommunications, Lawful development Certificate Advice and changes of use except dwellings, where there is no operational development)

£450

£530 with Site Visit

Advice on development Proposal considering the detail of the scheme with the provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional advice and meeting (if required) following submission of additional detail £210 or £290 with Site visit

Pre-application Minor Development (between 3 – 9 dwellings or non-residential floor space between 500 – 999 sqm or a site area up to 1 Ha)

£640 + additional £210 per dwelling over 5 dwellings

£720 with Site Visit + additional £210 per dwelling over 5 dwellings

Advice on development Proposal considering the detail of the scheme with the provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional advice and meeting (if required) following submission of additional detail £520 + £80 for a site visit

Listed Building advice for Listed Building if required

Pre-application

Small Scale Majors (up to 30 dwellings or Non-Residential floor space between 1000 – 4999 sqm or a site area between 1 – 2 Ha)

£2500

Two meetings plus a written response.  If more than two meetings are required the pre-app will be the subject of a specific PPA requested at commencement.

Alternatively a PPA commencement fee £720 + agreed PPA fee should  a PPA be requested at commencement rather than pay £2500 for the basic service

£1250 per additional meeting

Listed Building advice for Listed Building

Pre-application

Large Majors (Over 31 dwellings or Non-Residential floor space over 5000sqm or a site area over 2 ha. All renewable energy proposals unless a domestic scale and all development that requires an EIA)

£720

Fee to agree a PPA to establish the scope of the pre-application service through a PPA.

Agreed PPA fee

for an additional £1780 at the commencement can also include advise on the principle of development

Pre-application Listed Building Minor works not requiring a separate Planning Application (effecting only one Listed Building)

Work such as window replacement minor work to structure/ alterations in discrete areas

£210

£290 with Site Visit

Advice on minor works associated with a Listed Building or within the curtilage of a Listed Building, Provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to a 1-hour meeting or on site if a site visit is selected (If an application is received but considered to be beyond the scope of this service it will be altered to the large Listed Building fee with the additional fee required before it is progressed by the case officer).

Additional advice and meeting (if required) following submission of additional detail £210 or £290 with Site visit

Pre-application Listed Building Consent substantial works and alterations to a building or development within the curtilage, Barn conversions

£450 up to 2 dwellings or under 500 sqm of commercial floor space

£530 with Site Visit

For scheme involving 3 or more units or over 500 sqm of commercial floor space the pre-application fee will also be charged

Advice on development within the curtilage or effecting one or more Listed Buildings, Provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional advice and meeting (if required) following submission of additional detail £210 + £80 for a site visit or conversion in to a PPA with bespoke fee

Relevant Planning Pre-application fee for scheme involving 3 or more units or over 500 sqm of commercial floor space

Pre-application for condition discharge applications

£150 per condition

Consideration of detail which is required to discharge a planning condition. Including a meeting (if required either virtually or in the Council Offices) and one piece of written advice which includes engagement with the consultee who recommended the condition.

£150 per additional consideration of plans, material or detail required by the condition, per condition.

£80 for a site visit

Pre-application for Tree Preservation Orders and trees in Conservation Areas

£210

£290

 with Site Visit

Preliminary pre-application advice on works that may be considered appropriate for the maintenance and wellbeing of a protected tree or trees. Including a meeting and one piece of written advice.

Additional advice and meeting (if required) following submission of additional detail £210 or £290 with Site visit

100% Affordable Housing schemes

No Charge

Advice on development proposal considering the detail of the scheme with the provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional pre-application will be subject to the development of a PPA for the scheme as per the charging schedule above

Facilities for the disabled

No Charge

Advice on development Proposal considering the detail of the scheme with the provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional pre-application will be subject to the charging schedule above with a 50% discount or the development of a PPA for the scheme

Parish/Town Council

No Charge

Advice on development Proposal considering the detail of the scheme with the provision of 1 piece of written advice with up to 1-hour meeting if required.

Additional pre-application will be subject to the charging schedule above or the development of a PPA for the scheme

Duty Planner

£45

This is a 15-minute appointment with one of the Development Management Planning Officers or Heritage Officers by telephone. No written advice is provided and this cannot be considered to constitute either Pre-application advice or confirmation that Planning Permission is not required on behalf of the Local Planning Authority

No available additional service

Planning History Search

£50

Staff will check our records and provide a list of planning applications received relating to specific site.

Please note, the fee will still be required if no planning history is identified as part of the search.

Additional information on planning permission implementation or other such matters is as per the fee row below

Planning History Search - Planning file retrieved from archive

£50

Staff will check our records and provide plans, documents or decision notices for a particular application. Documents for up to 3 applications can be retrieved per request.

Additional fees may be required at the planning department’s discretion depending on the level of information required

Help to resolve planning history questions

£530

Includes a full check of the planning and planning enforcement history, a site visit to view the development, a 1-hour meeting if it is deemed necessary by the case officer, any necessary in house consultations, written confirmation of the outcome, a formal decision as to whether enforcement action will be taken and/or confirmation of steps required to remedy the situation, if any.  Response will be provided in 20 working days in most cases (can be extended by agreement if further consultation or investigation is required). Use this quick service if you are buying or selling a property/land and a planning query arises through the conveyancing process.  For example, unauthorised works have been discovered or planning conditions have not been complied with.

Engagement of specialist advise from an external specialist required to provide guidance to the LPA

Quoted fee of the specialist plus a 10% administration fee

Where the guidance is required of an external specialist such as a retail consultant or agricultural specialist to enable either the provision of pre-application advise or advise on an application the fee for this will be passed to the applicant

Design Review Panel

The fee will be calculated with the selected Design Review Panel and be paid directly to the Organisation.

While the scheme's consideration should be coordinated by the applicant this should include the engagement of the Case Officer in the process including attending both the meeting and any site visit. The advice of the panel should be made concurrently available to the Case officer and the applicant by the Panel.

Planning Performance Agreement Application Extension

Householder applications the application fee

Minor and other applications £300

Small Major application £500

Large Majors Bespoke fee but no less than £1000  

This service is at the discretion of the Head of Development Management to enable a scheme to be amended and re-consulted upon and re-advertised prior to the determination of the application notwithstanding the position set out in the Planning Charter. Applications which are the subject of a Planning application PPA for their determination are exempt from this charge.

Assessment of the viability of developments

Bespoke fee agree to undertake the assessment

Where a viability appraisal is received as part of a planning application submission or at pre application stage this will require an assessment to be undertaken to verify the assumptions being made. The cost for undertaking this assessment will be met by the developer.

Planning Performance Agreement planning conditions extension

Householder permissions £34 x the number of conditions requiring further consideration.

All other permission £116  x the number of conditions requiring further consideration

In line with the Planning Charter applications will be considered based upon information submitted, where additional detail is required to satisfy a condition rather than refusing the condition discharge application further information can be submitted and re-consulted upon prior to determination

Monitoring of Section 106 Agreements/Undertakings with Trigger Points

Number of obligations x Number of Trigger Points x £900

To be applied to all new S106 agreements going forward (existing ones will be as per the signed S106)

Monitoring of Section 106 Agreements/Undertakings without Trigger Points

Number of obligations x £900

To be applied to all new S106 agreements going forward (existing ones will be as per the signed S106)

Unilateral Obligations

£60

Monitoring of Unilateral Obligations where the only undertaking is the payment of a contribution to the Tamar Valley EMS

Confirmation of compliance with section 106 planning obligations (desktop assessment)

£200

Additional £150 if a site visit is required

Record based check of compliance with one Section 106 Agreement.  If the clause in the agreement requires a site visit in order to check compliance there will be an additional charge of £150. Use this service if you require confirmation that the clauses of the agreement have been complied with

A further £200   is payable for each additional Section 106 required to be checked.

An additional £150 to be paid if a site visit is required.

Confirmation of closure of enforcement case (No Planning Unit Created) where it was found not expedient to take action. (available for a 12-month period following closure of the case) and/or confirmation that the Council does not intend to take enforcement action against a breach.

£250

If the Council has been in contact with you recently to investigate a breach of planning control and determined not to take any action you will be verbally advised of the outcome.  Use this service if you require a letter of comfort confirming the Council’s decision on the matter on a case closed in the last 12 months.  

A further £200  is payable for each additional Breach.

Confirmation of closure of enforcement case (Planning Unit Created)  where it was found not expedient to take action. (available for a 12-month period following closure of the case) and or confirmation that the Council does not intend to take enforcement action against a breach.

£500

If the Council has been in contact with you recently to investigate a breach of planning control and determined not to take any action you will be verbally advised of the outcome.  Use this service if you require a letter of comfort confirming the Council’s decision on the matter on a case closed in the last 12 months.  

Confirmation of compliance with Enforcement Notice or Breach of Condition Notice (including site visit)

£350

Includes a site visit, full check of the enforcement case and written confirmation of the outcome. Use this service if you require confirmation that an Enforcement Notice served by the Local Planning Authority has been complied with.

Confirmation of compliance with listed building consent (available for a 12-month period following completion of the development)

£350

Includes a site visit to compare the development against the plans and written confirmation of our findings. Only available within 12 months of completion. Use this service if you have completed a listed building project and you wish to sell the property.  

Street Name and Numbering

£25 per property for changes to house names.

£40 per property for changes to street names.

£40 per property for naming and numbering new developments.