Planning Advice Costs

Planning advice is free of charge for:

Parish Councils (where the proposal relates to land they own or are about to acquire)
Listed Building advice with no site visit
Registered charitable organisations or not for profit organisations
Schemes proposing 100% affordable housing
Where open market housing is used to cross-subsidise affordable housing provision, a fee is payable for the total number of open market units proposed (not the affordable units)
Enforcement enquiries to regularise unauthorised development
Advice on trees in Conservations Areas and trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order