Costs, Fees and Budgeting – Page 6
What planning applications, reports, surveys and appeals cost, with published fee schedules.
Costs, Fees and Budgeting articles – page 6
355 articlesBudgeting a prior approval application under Class MA
The application fee for a Class MA prior approval is the smallest line in the budget. The natural light assessment, the noise and contamination evidence and the space standard drawings are what the money goes on.
Budgeting discharge of conditions across a build programme
Grouping conditions into three submissions instead of ten saves both the fees and about four months. The evidence each condition type needs, and where deemed discharge actually applies.
The cost of a non-material amendment under section 96A
The statutory fee is the cheapest part of a non-material amendment. What drives the real cost, why officers decline the route, and how 96A compares with section 73.
What the planning application fee buys and what it does not
Planning fees are set nationally and indexed each April. What the fee actually covers, which categories are free, when a second fee is payable and what happens if an application is invalid.
Building safety gateway costs for a higher risk building
The gateway fee is the smallest part of the cost. The design information, the float between approval and start, and change control are what move an appraisal.
Flood risk activity permits: when you need one and the cost
A flood risk activity permit is a separate Environment Agency consent that planning permission does not replace. Which distances trigger it, which exemptions exist and how the charges work.
Land Registry and title costs a planning project triggers
Ownership certificates A to D decide who has to be told about your application. The searches behind them cost a few pounds; discovering a covenant or a missing easement after permission costs far more.
Commuted sums, bonds and deposits across planning consents
Financial guarantees in planning live in section 106 obligations and highway agreements, not in conditions. Where each one is lawful, how it is valued and how to get it released.
The cost of a scoping opinion you never use
Abortive survey spend usually comes from buying evidence before the question it answers is settled. A sequencing order, a note on survey currency and what carries over to a revised scheme.
Battery storage grid connection and planning programme
A planning permission lasts three years and section 73 cannot extend it. Where the connection date sits further out, the implementation period has to be negotiated when permission is granted.
Cold store costs a planner should anticipate
A cold store runs plant round the clock and draws a process load no regulated carbon calculation captures. Those two facts drive most of the extra evidence cost.
Deeds of variation to a section 106 and when they pay off
The legal fee is the easy number. The real cost of a deed of variation is the viability evidence, the delay, and what the authority asks for in return.
Hedgerow removal notices and the evidence they require
Under the Hedgerows Regulations 1997 the notice costs nothing but the survey proving a hedge is not important does. How the criteria are tested and how to programme it.
Tree work consents that carry no fee and what they still cost
Consent to work on a protected tree costs nothing to apply for. The arboricultural evidence, the replacement planting duty and the six week notice period are where the money and the delay sit.
Street naming and numbering charges on a new scheme
A finished house without an official address has no postcode, no utility accounts and no realistic mortgage offer. Here is how allocation works, what it costs and when to apply.
Diverting a public right of way and what the order costs
A footpath across the site brings an order, a timetable and a bill. Here is how a section 257 diversion works, what the developer pays for, and why the path has to stay open until the new route is built.
Archaeological watching briefs and the post-excavation bill
The fieldwork quote is the smallest part of an archaeology condition. Here is how the written scheme, post-excavation analysis, archive deposition and publication build the real bill, and how to size the contingency.
Highway bonds and inspection fees on a section 38 agreement
The bond is capital you cannot spend, not a fee. How to price section 38 security, fees, commuted sums and the maintenance period in a development appraisal.
Build over agreements and sewer diversions in your budget
The application fee is small. The foundation redesign, the eight week wait and the diversion you find after the slab is poured are not. How to sequence and price it.
What a protected species licence costs in time and money
A mitigation licence is a chain of costs, not one invoice, and the season you miss is more expensive than any of the fees. How to budget it on a small site.
Budgeting an environmental statement for Schedule 2 work
The competent expert requirement sets the floor on what an Environmental Statement costs. Survey seasons set the programme, and the programme sets the cash flow.
Fees where a site straddles two local authority areas
Development spanning a council boundary means two applications, two validation lists and two determination periods. The fee is handled once; almost nothing else is.
Budgeting the survey pack for one new dwelling
Most of the survey cost on a single plot is triggered by constraints rather than by the house itself. Finding out which ones apply is the first thing to spend money on.
What a householder appeal actually costs to run
Appealing a refused extension costs nothing in fees. The spend that matters is an agent's time, a specialist report where the refusal demands one, and the risk of missing the 12 week deadline.
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