£548 for a householder application from 1 April 2026. The figure comes from national regulations rather than from your council, and it pays for the decision only. Prior approval for a larger extension is £249, a certificate confirming that planned work needs no permission is half the fee of the equivalent application, and work inside the permitted development limits carries no fee.
Householder application
£548
Extending or altering one existing house, where the work falls outside permitted development.
Flats sit outside this category. A full application to enlarge or alter a single flat carries the same £548; two or more dwellings or flats in one application cost £1,083.
Works in the curtilage of a house
£272
An outbuilding, garden room, hardstanding, gates, fences or boundary walls at an existing house, outside permitted development.
Prior approval, larger home extension (Part 1, Class A)
£249
A single-storey rear extension deeper than the standard permitted development limit, through the neighbour consultation route.
Prior approval, additional storey (Part 1, Class AA)
£249
Adding a storey to a house under permitted development rights, which still needs the council to approve specific matters first.
Lawful development certificate, proposed work
Half the fee of the equivalent application
Written confirmation that work you have not started yet is lawful without planning permission.
Where the equivalent application is the £548 householder fee, that works out at £274.
Lawful development certificate, existing work
The same as the full application fee
Confirming that work already carried out, or an existing use, is lawful. Buyers and their conveyancers often ask for this.
A certificate that it is lawful not to comply with a condition or limitation is £309.
Change of use to one or more homes
£610 for each dwelling
Turning a building, or part of one, into a separate dwelling: a barn conversion, a flat above a shop, an annexe with its own front door.
That rate covers schemes of fewer than 10 dwellings. Other changes of use of a building or land are £610 flat.
Full application, new house
£610 for each house
Building a new house, including a self-contained house in a garden.
Rate for fewer than 10 houses; schemes of 10 or more step up to £659 each.
Removing or varying a condition
£89 householder, £608 other non-major development
Changing a condition on a permission you already hold, for example materials, drainage details or hours of work.
Discharging conditions
£89 householder, £309 other development
Sending in the details a condition asks for, so the council can confirm it has been met.
Non-material amendment
£46 householder, £309 other development
A minor change to an approved scheme, such as a window shifted slightly, without starting a fresh application.
Source: Planning Portal, Application Fees England, 1 April 2026 (V2026), checked 13 August 2026. These figures took effect on 1 April 2026, 3.8% above the previous table.
The route decides the fee, so start with the route. Most home projects land in one of these five.
A listed building adds listed building consent, which carries no fee but is a legal requirement of its own, alongside any planning application the work needs.
The schedule lists application types that cost nothing at all:
And cases where the fee drops:
Your council checks the fee when the application arrives, so a concession you claim is confirmed there rather than at the point of paying.
Wales
Wales sets its own fees, and they run on their own timetable rather than the English April cycle. The Welsh schedule in force dates from 1 December 2025, and a typical householder application there costs £585.
Source: Planning Portal, Application Fees Wales, 1 December 2025 (V2025), checked 13 August 2026.
Scotland
Scottish fees come from the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022, as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/49), which came into force on 1 April 2026. Amounts differ from the English table, so check the Scottish schedule or ask your planning authority.
Source: Scottish Government, Planning circular 1/2026, and legislation.gov.uk SSI 2026/49, checked 13 August 2026.
Fees change on the annual uplift, so the figures here carry the date they were checked. If your council quotes something different, its own published schedule is the one that counts for your application.
Planning fees are set in national regulations, not by individual councils, so the same table applies across England. The current figures took effect on 1 April 2026, uplifted by 3.8% in line with the September 2025 Consumer Prices Index and rounded to the nearest whole pound.
Usually yes. Applying online through the Planning Portal adds a service charge of £75.83 plus VAT on applications where the fee is over £100. Drawings are a separate cost, and building control runs on its own track with its own charges. The fee in the table buys the planning decision, nothing else.
There are two kinds. For work you have not started yet, a certificate for a proposed use costs half the fee of the equivalent application. For work that is already there, a certificate for an existing use costs the same as the full application fee, and that is the document buyers and their conveyancers tend to ask for years later. Cheapest route: get the proposed-work certificate before you build.
No. Planning is devolved. Wales runs its own schedule, in force since 1 December 2025, where a typical householder application costs £585. Scotland sets fees under its own 2022 regulations, amended with effect from 1 April 2026. Only the table on this page is the England schedule.