💷 Planning Fee Calculator
Calculate your planning application fee using the current England fee schedule. Covers all major application types with automatic fee banding and exemptions.
England fees effective 1 April 2026. Source: MHCLG — Fees for planning applications in England from 1 April 2026.
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Costs beyond the application fee
The fee above is the statutory application fee. It is set nationally and is the same in every English council. These other charges are set by each council individually — they are not part of the national fee schedule, and most applicants meet at least one of them.
- Pre-application advice Optional, before you apply An officer's informal view on your proposal. Charges vary widely between councils — some scale by project size, a few charge nothing. The most common unbudgeted cost.
- Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) On grant of permission Charged per m² of new floorspace by councils that have adopted a charging schedule. Rates differ by council, and within a council by zone and use class. Can dwarf the application fee. Householder extensions are usually relieved — check.
- Local land charges search (LLC1 / CON29) Usually at sale, not application Ordered by a solicitor rather than by you, but it is a council charge and it varies.
- Building control After permission, before work A separate regime from planning — planning permission does not cover it. You may use the council or a private approved inspector, so this one is genuinely competitive.
- Section 106 monitoring Larger schemes only Where a legal agreement is required, councils commonly charge to monitor compliance.
- Street naming & numbering New dwellings only Applies where the scheme creates a new address.
We deliberately don't quote amounts for these — they are set locally and change, so any figure we stored would eventually be wrong in your budget. Look up your council's own fee schedule, or open a case and we'll link straight to it.
About this tool: Fee Calculator
Calculate planning application fees under the 2023 fee regulations — covers all application types with automatic banding, exemptions, and concession checks.
Use before submitting any planning application. The fee depends on the type and scale of development. Get it wrong and you'll be invalidated.
Town & Country Planning (Fees) Regulations 2012 (as amended 2023)
Use these tools to understand the financial side of your project — what fees you'll pay, whether the scheme is viable, what CIL/S106 might cost, and whether your land value assumptions stack up. Essential for go/no-go decisions.
Guidance to help you prepare — not formal planning advice. Check the current policy text and your council's local plan before relying on it.