Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations 2012
What this means for your business
- Enforced by
- Local Authority
- Applies to
- United Kingdom
- On this page
- 8 compliance obligations, 1 practical guide
What you must do
8 compliance obligations under this legislation.
Payments and fees 8
Pay fee for certificate of appropriate alternative development
If you apply for a certificate of appropriate alternative development, you must pay a £293 fee (or half that amount if you are a parish council) to the local planning authority and send the fee together with your application. The fee is only refunded if the application is rejected as invalid.
Pay fee for pre‑application planning advice
If you ask the Secretary of State for pre‑application advice about a development under section 62A of the 1990 Act, you must pay a fee. The fee is calculated from the time a planning inspector or planning officer spends on your advice multiplied by the rates set by the Secretary of State.
Pay fee when requesting written confirmation of planning‑condition compliance
If you ask your local planning authority to confirm in writing that you have complied with a condition attached to a planning permission, you must pay a fee. The fee is £86 for developments in categories 6 or 7 (as set out in Schedule 1) and £298 for all other development categories. The authority must give you the written confirmation within 12 weeks, otherwise the fee is refunded.
Pay monitoring fees for mining or landfill site visits
When a local planning authority visits your mining or landfill site, you must pay a fee – £496 for active sites (up to eight visits a year) or £165 for inactive sites (one visit a year). If the site has multiple owners, the fee is split equally between them.
Pay planning application fee to the Secretary of State
When you submit a planning application under section 62A of the 1990 Act, you must pay a fee to the Secretary of State. The amount is the same as the fee the local planning authority would have charged if you had applied to them. If the application is later rejected as invalid, the fee will be refunded.
Pay the correct fee for urgent Crown development applications
If your business submits an urgent Crown development or Crown development planning application to the Secretary of State, you must pay the same fee that would have been payable to the local planning authority. The fee is required when the application is made and will be refunded if the application is rejected as invalid or referred back to the local authority.
Pay the required fee when applying for advertising consent
If you want to display an advertisement (or several ads) you must apply to the local planning authority and include the correct fee with your application. The fee amount depends on how many ads you have and which categories they fall into, and may be reduced if you’re a parish council. The fee is refunded if the application is rejected as invalid.
Pay the required fee with every planning application
When you submit a planning application to a local planning authority—whether it’s for full planning permission, permission in principle or reserved matters—you must calculate the correct fee (using Schedule 1) and send that fee together with your application. If the authority you submit to isn’t the one that will decide the case, they must forward the fee on with the application.
Practical guidance
Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.
Sections and provisions
29 classified provisions from this legislation.
Duties 9
- s.3 Fees for planning applications fee paid pursuant
- s.12 Fee payable in respect of urgent Crown development and Crown development applications
- s.13 Fees for applications for consent for advertisements fee paid pursuant
- s.15 Fees in respect of the monitoring of mining and landfill sites owner
- s.16 Fees for confirmation of compliance with condition attached to planning permission
- s.18 Fees for applications for certificates of appropriate alternative development fee paid pursuant
- s.19 Review
- Fees payable in respect of applications under sect Fees payable in respect of applications under section 62A of the 1990 Act
- Pre-application advice about applying under sectio Pre-application advice about applying under section 62A of the 1990 Act
Powers 1
Definitions 2
Exemptions 10
- s.4 Exceptions – access and facilities for disabled persons
- s.5 Exceptions – permission granted by General Permitted Development Order not applying
- s.6 Exceptions – application relating to same use class necessary because of condition
- s.7 Exceptions – consolidation of subsisting minerals permissions
- s.10 Fees in respect of deemed applications
- s.11 Fees for applications for certificates of lawful use or development
- s.14 Fees for certain applications under the General Permitted Development Order
- s.20 Revocations, transitional provisions and savings
- Exception – applications relating to demolition of Exception – applications relating to demolition of unlisted etc buildings in conservation areas
- Refund of fees in relation to planning application Refund of fees in relation to planning applications not determined within the relevant period