Shropshire Council

Planning permission pre-application fees

Pre-Application advice charges (effective 1 April 2023) – all charges inclusive of standard rate VAT @ 20%

Householder or advertisement development

 

Charge

  • Alterations and/ or extensions to dwelling
  • Applications for adverts

£121 (100.83)

Minor developments

 

Charge

  • Change of use
  • Single dwelling

£308.00 (256.67) to cover one unaccompanied site visit and one letter

  • Dwellings  (2–9) or site area of less than 0.5ha where number of dwellings not given
  • Non-residential where floor space is less than 1,000sqm or where site is less than 1ha
  • Gypsy/traveller pitches (1–9)

£726.00 (605.00) to cover one unaccompanied site visit and one letter *Additional meetings £85.00 (70.83) per hour/per officer required to attend

*To be agreed with you in advance

Small scale major developments

 

Charge

  • Dwellings (10–199) or site area is between 0.5ha and 4ha where number of dwellings is not given
  • Non-residential floor space between 1,000sqm and 9,999sqm or where site area is between 1ha and less than 2ha
  • Gypsy /traveller pitches (10–199)

£1452.00 (1210.00) to cover one site visit and one letter
*Additional meetings £85.00 (70.83) per hour/per officer required to attend

*To be agreed with you in advance

Large scale major developments

 

Charge

  • Dwellings (200) or more dwellings or site area of 4ha or more when number of dwellings not given
  • Non-residential where floor space is 10,000sqm or more or site area is 2ha or more
  • Gypsy/traveller pitches (200 or more)

£2420.00 (2016.67) to cover one site visit and one letter
*Additional meetings £85.00 (70.83) per hour/per officer required to attend

*To be agreed with you in advance

Minerals and other renewable energy proposals

 

Charge

EIA proposals

£3025.00 (2520.83) to cover one site visit and one letter
*Additional meetings £85.00 (70.83) per hour/per officer required to attend

*To be agreed with you in advance

Major non EIA proposal exceeding 1ha

£1815.00 (1512.50) to cover one site visit and one letter
*Additional meetings £85.00 (70.83) per hour/per officer required to attend

*To be agreed with you in advance

All other proposals

£429.00 (357.50) to cover one unaccompanied site visit and one letter

Compliance checking service, for compliance checking post-decision

£73.00 (£60.83)

Pre-application meetings (on site, at the agents/applicants office, at the nearest council office or online)

The current hourly rate is £85.00 (70.83) (excluding VAT) per member of council staff involved in meeting/site visit.

No charge will be made for pre-application enquiries which relate to applications for which there is no fee payable.