Planning application fees will rise steeply from 1st April in a bid to plug a major funding shortfall for local authority planning departments. Fees relating to Prior Approval and Prior Notification applications are one example, where the charge will double. The new fee for changing the use of agricultural buildings to residential will be £516 (100% increase), while the fee for building an agricultural structure under permitted development (PD) will rise to £240 (100% increase).

The base fee for new agricultural buildings over 1,000sqm will also increase from £624 to £5,077, with an additional £624 for every 75sqm or part of it thereafter (this part remains unchanged). See the table for examples.

There will also be three fee tiers for applications to vary or remove planning conditions:

* £2,000 (583% increase) for major applications
* £86 (71% decrease) for household applications, and
* £586 (100% increase) for all other cases

If you have any upcoming projects that require planning permission, now is the time to act to try and beat the 1st April deadline. If you would like to discuss the submission of a planning application, please get in touch with our planning consultancy team.

Email: advice@wilsonwraight.co.uk
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