Costs, Fees and Budgeting – Page 10
What planning applications, reports, surveys and appeals cost, with published fee schedules.
Costs, Fees and Budgeting articles – page 10
356 articlesHigh hedge complaint fees and the remedial notice route
The high hedges regime is a charged complaint service, not a planning application. It covers evergreen hedges over two metres, and the council will expect evidence that you tried to settle the dispute first.
Crane oversail and temporary highway licence charges
Oversailing a neighbour's airspace is a private law matter, not a planning one. Hoardings, scaffolds and skips on the highway need licences from the highway authority, charged by length and duration.
What an extension of time agreement really costs
Extensions of time look free because no fee is payable. They cost you the non-determination appeal right, the planning guarantee refund and the holding costs nobody counts.
Reserved matters fees and how the outline stage affects them
A reserved matters submission is charged as though it were a full application for the whole scheme, until the total paid reaches that amount. Grouping and phasing decide your cash flow.
Hazardous substances consent: the fee and the triggers
Hazardous substances consent is separate from planning permission, with its own fee and decision maker. The trigger is presence at or above a controlled quantity, aggregated across the site.
Sewer connection and infrastructure charges explained
The statutory right to connect does not make capacity available, and none of the undertaker's charges sit inside the planning fee. Start the enquiry before you exchange on the land.
Bat mitigation class licence costs and registration
A bat mitigation class licence saves weeks at the licensing stage, not at the survey stage. The cost sits in mitigation, supervision and years of monitoring rather than in the licence charge.
Asbestos survey costs before demolition or conversion
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 require an intrusive survey before works disturb the fabric. Ordering the wrong survey type is the mistake that costs a month on a conversion.
Stopping up and diversion order costs on a development
Planning permission does not remove public rights over land. Sections 247 and 257 orders have their own procedure and costs, and an objection that forces an inquiry is the item that wrecks the programme.
Section 106 deeds of variation and what they cost
Varying a section 106 agreement is rarely difficult in principle and often slow in practice. The delay and the cost usually come from the parties who have to sign, not from the council.
Archaeological evaluation trenching and how it is priced
Trial trenching quotes vary because the brief varies. Understanding what the curator specifies, and which parts of a contractor's price are fixed, is how a developer keeps control of the figure.
Charged advice from Natural England and the Environment Agency
Natural England, the Environment Agency and Historic England each sell written pre-application advice. Here is what the fee buys, how to scope the request and where free standing advice is enough.
Statutory biodiversity credits and how the price is set
Credits are the last resort in the biodiversity gain hierarchy and are priced to stay there. Here is how the tiers work, what evidence a gain plan needs, and where the cost lands in the cash flow.
What an independent viability review costs and who pays
Councils commission independent scrutiny of viability appraisals and expect the applicant to meet the fee. Here is how the instruction works, what the reviewer asks for and how to avoid paying for a second round.
Certificate D planning applications: notices and costs
Certificate D applies where you cannot name any owner of the application land, and it brings a newspaper notice with it. Here are the searches to run first, how the advertisement is priced and how to time publication against validation.
What a discharge of conditions programme costs
The discharge programme on a major permission usually costs more than the application fee did. Where the money goes, and why the negotiation happens before the notice is issued.
Advertisement consent fees and what signage needs consent
The 2007 advertisement regulations split signs into excluded, deemed consent and express consent. Lighting, listed status and areas of special control decide which group a shop sign falls into.
No fee planning applications in article 4 areas
The fees regulations exempt applications needed only because an article 4 direction or a planning condition withdrew a permitted development right. The test is narrow and the evidence is on you.
What drives the price of a flood risk assessment
The same plot can need a two-page screening statement or a modelled assessment with breach analysis. The cost is set by the data available, not by the size of the scheme.
Planning fee exemptions for disabled adaptations
Two concessions in the planning fee regulations save householders real money: the exemption for adaptations for a disabled person, and the single free further application. Both are refused often, usually for avoidable reasons.
The cost of a pre-commencement condition you cannot discharge
The fee is the smallest part. Finance on a stalled site, a lost survey season and a permission that never lawfully began are what a pre-commencement condition really costs.
Budgeting a viability assessment and its review mechanism
The appraisal is the smallest line. Benchmark land value evidence, the authority's independent review and months of negotiation are where a viability case really costs.
Budgeting a party wall award alongside an extension
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is a civil regime your council will never mention. Here is what it covers, who pays the surveyors and how the notice periods shape a build programme.
Budgeting utility connections and diversions
Connection and diversion charges are the line in a self-build budget most often wrong. Here is what to ask each undertaker, when to ask it, and how the legal work fits the programme.
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