Guide to Planning Fees - South Somerset

South Somerset District Council

The Council Offices, Brympton Way,
Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2HT
Telephone (01935) 462462 Fax (01935) 462299

Website: www.southsomerset.gov.uk

David Norris – Development Manager

The Council has to charge a fee set by Central Government for most planning applications. The fee you will have
to pay varies according to what you propose to do. If you are unsure what fee is required, please contact Planning
Administration on 01935 462127. Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to South Somerset District
Council. Please note there is no VAT payable on planning application fees.

Guide to Planning Fees

Type of Application Charge per Basis for Scale Fee Maximum Fee

Unit

Outline Applications

All types – Up to 2.5 £335 Per 0.1 hectare

hectares

More than 2.5 hectares £8,285 Per 0.1 hectare over £125,000

+£100 2.5 hectares

Full Applications / Applications for Reserved Matters

Alteration or extension of £150 One dwelling unit £150

existing dwelling unit

£295 Two or more dwelling £295

units

Operations including erection £150 £150

of building within curtilage of

dwelling (including erection

of boundary walls/fences)

Erection of dwelling units £335 Per dwelling unit

1-50

Erection of more than 50 £16,565 + £100 per dwelling unit over 50 £250,000

dwelling units

Development (other than dwellings, agricultural buildings, plant or glasshouses) i.e. shops,

offices, industrial etc

a) No floor area created or £170
less than 40m2

b) Between 40m2 – 75m2 £335

c) Between than 75m2 _ £335 For each 75m2 (or part
3750m2
thereof to 3750m2
d) More than 3750m2
£16,565 + £100 for each 75m2 (or part £250,000

thereof in excess of 3750m2)

The erection of buildings to be used for agricultural purposes (other than glasshouses), on

land for agricultural purposes:

a) Less than 465m2 £70

b) Between 465m2 – 540m2 £335

c) Between than 540m2 - £335 for the first 540m2, then £335 for
4215m2
each subsequent 75m2 (or part thereof)
d) More than 4215m2
£16,565 Each 75m2(or part £250,000
thereof in excess of

+£100 4215m2)

Glasshouses £70
a) Less than 465m2

b) More than 465m2 £1,870

Erection, alteration or replacement of plant or machinery

Up to 5 hectares £335 Per 0.1 hectare

Over 5 hectares £16,565 Per 0.1 hectare over 5 £250,000

+£100 hectares £250,000
£1,690
Applications for work other than building work

Car park, service road or £170

other access incidental to

existing use

Playing fields and ancillary £335

use where application

submitted by non-profit

making body for purposes of

providing recreational

facilities

Other Applications

The continuance of use of £170

land, or retention of building

works without compliance

with a condition imposed on

a previous planning

permission

Material change of use of £335

land or buildings (other than

to dwelling)

Change of use of a building £335 £335 for each additional

to one or more dwellings to unit created

use as two or more

dwellings1-50 dwellings

Change of use to over 50 £16565 + £100 per unit in excess of 50
dwellings

Any operation not covered £170 Each 0.1 ha of site area
by above £170
Removal or amendment of
condition imposed on
existing or unimplemented
permission

Written confirmation of compliance with condition/s attached to a grant of

planning permission

a) Where the application £25

relates to a householder

application

b) Where the application falls £85

within any other category

Advertisements

Advertisements £95

- displayed on land or

buildings to which it relates

- sign relating to business in

the locality but not visible

from that site

All other advertisements (inc. £335

hoardings)

Prior Approval Applications

Agricultural Buildings and £70

Operations (Part 6)

Forestry Buildings and £70

Operations (Part 7)

Demolition of certain types of £70

Buildings (Part 31)

Development by £335

Telecommunications code

system operators (Part 24)

Application for New Planning Permission to replace an extant planning permission

Applications in respect of £500

major developments

Applications in respect of £50

householders developments

Applications in respect of £170

other developments

Application for a Non-material Amendment following Grant of Planning Permission

Applications in respect of £25

householder developments

Applications in respect of £170

other developments

There is no charge for:
• Applications for Listed Building Consent or Conservation Area Consent
• Works to trees subject of a Tree Preservation Order or within a Conservation Area
• Applications for alterations to a dwelling for the benefit of a disabled person who is living
or intends to live in the house
• Applications which relate solely to works to provide a means of access for disabled people
to a building to which the public are admitted
• Applications required because of the removal of permitted development rights by a
planning condition or by an Article 4 Direction
• An application following the withdrawal/refusal of a previous scheme or a revised
application following a previous planning permission. In all cases the application must be
for a similar development of the same site by the same applicant if submitted within 12
months of the last decision or in the case of a withdrawn application, within 12 months of
the date the application was made. In all cases the correct fee must have been paid for
the earlier application.

Notes
• The measurements of the site area/floor space to which an application relates is based on
the external dimensions.
• If the application is for a new building to replace a building, which is to be demolished,
there is no discount for the size of the existing building. The fee would be based on the
floor space of the proposed building.
• Following Outline planning permission, applications for the approval of Reserved Matters
attract the same fee that would have been charged on the equivalent application for full
planning permission.
• All floor areas are gross and should be externally measured. Where areas exceed 75 sqm
or multiples thereof any excess shall be treated as being a further 75 sqm.
• Combined applications which relate to development in more than one category, (for
example a change of use and works), the amount is calculated in accordance with the
table and the higher of the amounts is the fee payable.
• Mixed developments where an application relates to the erection of buildings partly for
residential use and partly for other uses, the fee is calculated by adding the amount
payable for the number of dwellinghouses to the amount for other floor space.

Not all fees are shown – if in doubt please telephone Planning Admin on 01935 462127 or follow
the link to the Planning Portal planning fee calculator: www.planningportal.gov.uk