Planning application fees and other related fees

The majority of planning fees are set by legislation and are available on the Planning Portal fee calculator

Other fees are either set under different legislation, or are set by Teignbridge District Council on 1 April each year, and are shown in the table below, followed by details of exemptions/reduced fee and other notes. 

From 1 April 2023

Admin fee retained where an invalid application is returned or if withdrawn within first few days of receipt (at our discretion - normally full fee retained when withdrawn)	10% of fee (minimum £60 max £500)
Copies of documents plus p&p of min £2.00  (available to view online at www.teignbridge.gov.uk)
A4 per page/sheet	0.50
A3 per page/sheet	1.00
A2 per page/sheet	3.00
A1 per page/sheet	5.00
A0 per page/sheet	7.00
Sale of Publications (available online at www.teignbridge.gov.uk)
Teignbridge Local Plan 2014 (+ £3.50 p&p)	20.00
Teignbridge Local Plan Review Issues Consultation 2018 (+ £3.50 p&p)	20.00
Teignbridge Draft Settlement Boundary Review 2018 (+ £3.50 p&p)	20.00
Teignbridge Draft Settlement Hierarchy Review 2018 (+ £3.50 p&p)	20.00
Supplementary Planning Documents/Guidance (+ £2.00 p&p)	5.00
Teignplanning Consultancy - Non-statutory in house Neighbourhood Planning Service	Bespoke
Habitat Regulations - Unilateral Undertaking fee	250.00
Habitat Regulations - Advance payment fee	60.00
Application for Modification of Removal of S106 Clause/Condition within first 5 years following consent	750.00 plus legal fees
High hedges investigations	750.00
Public Right of Way applications	2,000.00 minimum or bespoke
Deemed Applications.  Enforcement Notice appeals which would result in planning permission if  allowed unless valid application made before notice issued. Fee payable is twice the normal planning fee and is to be paid by every person who appeals against the enforcement notice.  This is refunded if the appeal is invalid, or allowed or withdrawn more than 21 days before hearing/site visit.	Calculate
Section 106 or Unilateral Undertaking Monitoring Fee	Bespoke
Pre-Application Members Forum	Bespoke
Requests for archived files	40.00
Enquiries into planning history	150.00
Enquiries/confirmation of compliance relating to S106 agreements and clauses	150.00
Enquiries/confirmation of compliance relating to Enforcement Notices	150.00
Certificate of Alternative Appropriate Development under S17 of the Land Compensation Act 1961	234.00
Hazardous Substance Applications
Where no one substance exceeds twice the controlled quantity	250.00
Where a substance exceeds twice the controlled quantity	400.00
Removal of conditions attached to a grant of consent	200.00
Continuation of consent on partial change in ownership of land	200.00

Exemptions/reduced fees

Fees will not be charged for:

1. Listed Building Consent Applications
2. Works to Trees protected under Tree Preservation Orders or in a Conservation Area
3. Householder applications, for the sole purpose of providing means of access for a disabled person (as defined under S29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 or Part 3 of the Children Act 1989) living within the dwelling or providing facilities to improve the safetly health or comfort of that person.
4. Applications for the purpose of providing means of access for disabled persons to or within a building or premises open to the public
5. Revised application for planning permission following approval submitted for the same character or description and the same site or part of (with no other land included except for providing a different means of access, by the same applicant, within 12 months of approval. Provided the applicant has not already had a free go for any other approval on he site under this exemption
6. Revised application for planning permission following refusal, withdrawal or appeal for non-determination submitted for the same character or description and the same site or part of (with no other land included except for providing a different means of access, by the same applicant, within 12 months of refusal, or 12 months of valid date for withdrawals or 12 months of 8/13 week date for non-determinations. Provided the applicant has not already had a free go for any other application on this site under this exemption
7. Revised application for Certificate of Lawfulness following refusal, withdrawal or appeal for non-determination submitted for the same use or operation and the same site or part of, by the same applicant, within 12 months of refusal, or 12 months of valid date for withdrawals or 12 months of 8/13 week date for non-determinations. Provided the applicant has not already had a free go for any other application on this site under this exemption
8. Revised application for Advertisement Consent following refusal or withdrawal submitted for the same description and the same site or part of, by the same applicant, within 12 months of refusal, or 12 months of valid date for withdrawals. Provided the applicant has not already had a free go for an application of this description on this site under this exemption
9. Applications relating solely to demolition of a building in a conservation area.
10. Applications for Prior Notification where a fee is payable for a concurrent planning application in respect of these proposals for development for the same site is made on the same day by the same applicant.

Reduced fees for certain proposals

1. Where applications cross local authority boundaries an application must be made to each authority but only one fee is payable to the authority within the greater part of the site and is 1.5 times the fee for the whole site or the total of the fees for each separate part of the site, whichever is the lower.
2. On applications made by or on behalf of Parish Councils the fee payable is half the total fee
3. Where simultaneous applications for alternative proposals on the same site are made on the same day by the same applicant the fee due will be the total of the highest fee plus an amount calculated by adding together the alternative proposal fees and dividing that total by 2