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Closed consultation

Fees for planning applications

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Published
23 March 2026

Applies to England

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Summary

This consultation seeks views on proposals to establish a new national default fee schedule for planning applications and on the principles of local fee setting.

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Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on proposals to:

  • establish a new national default fee schedule, based on 90% of estimated costs, to bring planning fees to a level closer to cost recovery and act as a baseline from which a new local fee setting model will operate
  • introduce new fees and restructure existing fee categories in order to reduce complexity for users
  • implement a surcharge on planning fees for statutory consultees, set in the region of 10% of the national default fee
  • establish the key principles behind local fee setting, as well as seek views on the potential to implement a cap on locally set fees
  • review the future role of discretionary services such as Planning Performance Agreements and pre-application advice in light of proposed increases to default fees and the introduction of the local variation model

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