Pre-application advice fees

These are are set by Teignbridge on 1 April each year. Please also see exemptions and notes below the table of fees.

		From 1 April 2023
House Holder	Desk top evaluation with written response (no meeting)	200
	As above but includes one meeting (not site visit) where exceptionally the Council agrees a meeting is necessary	300
Listed Building advice where the works do not require planning permission	Desk top evaluation with written response (no meeting)	200
Listed Building site visit (where agreed)	Fee for site visit	300
House Holder/Listed Building site visit	combined fee	500
Small Minor	Desk top evaluation with written response (no meeting)	300
Residential – 1 dwelling
Non-residential – Less than 200 sq m floorspace	meeting (where agreed appropriate) / additional response	150
Change of use with no works
Medium Minor	Desk top evaluation, one meeting and written response	800
Residential – 2 – 4 dwellings
Non-residential – 200 – 499 sq m floorspace
Site area less than 0.5 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown)	each additional meeting/response	300
Large Minor	Desk top evaluation, one meeting and written response	1200
Residential – 4 – 9 dwellings
Non-residential – 500 – 999 sq m floorspace
Site area 0.5 to 0.99 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown)	each additional meeting/response	400
Small Scale Major	Desk top evaluation, one meeting and written response	2000 or bespoke fee
Residential – 10 - 30 dwellings
Non-residential 1,000 – 4,999 sq m floorspace
Site area - 1 – 1.99 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown)	each additional meeting/response	500 or bespoke fee
Medium Scale Major	Desk top evaluation, up to two meetings and written response	5000 or bespoke fee
Residential - 31-149 dwellings
Non-residential 5,000 – 9,999 sq m floorspace
Site area - 2 – 3.99 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown)	each additional meeting/response	1000 or bespoke fee
Large Scale Major	Desk top evaluation, up to three meetings and written response	8000 or bespoke fee
Residential – more than 150 dwellings
Non-residential – over 10,000 sq m floorspace
Site area more than 4 Ha(where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown)	each additional meeting/response	1500 or bespoke fee

Exemptions 

The following types of enquiry are eligible for a 50% fee reduction

• Development within Use Classes B2, B8 or E (excluding retail) of less than 1000 sqm
• Retail development of less than 280 sqm
• Development by Town & Parish Councils

The following types of enquiry are free

• Affordable Housing-led Schemes in agreement with Council.
• Development Specifically Intended to Improve Disabled Access

Notes

• Where a bespoke fee is appropriate this will be agreed with applicant through a Planning Performance Agreement
• Floorspace means gross external floorspace
• The larger element of a mixed use scheme will be used to determine which category of fee applies
• All fees are inclusive of VAT
• Where it is agreed that the advice can be provided without a meeting the cost of the meeting may be refunded
• Where a request has been received but the officer has not yet started to work on the request the fee may be refunded less the relevant administration fee.  This is currently 10% of fee (minimum £60 max £500)
• For fee calculation purposes, flats and holiday accommodation are considered as dwellings