Commercial pre-application guidance
We offer advice on submitting a commerical planning application in appointments which last up to an hour. Written advice can also be provided. Our charges are listed here:
| Type of advice needed |
Charge for meeting and written advice |
Charge for follow-up meetings |
Charge for written advice only |
| Planning performance agreements (PPA) or bespoke arrangements: large scale, complex or strategic proposals where a bespoke is more suitable than the development team service, below. This may include use of a PPA and options for payment in kind. |
Fees can be negotiated |
Fees can be negotiated |
not applicable |
|
Development team service (retail):
- 1,000 sq m-plus retail floorspace
- variation of conditions (retail restriction)
|
£1,500 |
£750 |
£750 |
|
Development team service
- 10,000 sq m-plus of commercial floorspace
- 50-plus major homes
- major infrastructure projects (roads and utilities)
- sites bigger than 1.5 hectares
- drilling operations (energy projects)
|
£1,200 |
£600 |
£750 |
|
Major development service:
- 1,000 sq m to 9,999 sq m commercial floorspace
- 100 to 999 sq m retail floorspace
- ten to 49 homes
- one to one-and-half hectare site are
|
£750 |
£375 |
£375 |
|
Minor advice service:
- 100 to 999 sq m commercial floorspace
- up to 100 sq m retail floorspace
- one to nine homes or sites less than one hectare
- telecommunications developments
- Section 73 variation of condition (excluding retail)
- change of use (excluding retail)
- public realm work and engineering work
- minerals, waste and energy projects (small-scale projects not within the above categories)
|
£250 |
£125 |
£150 |
|
Exemptions:
- householder development
- listed building work
- minor elevation alterations (including shutters)
- removal or variation of conditions regarding exemptions
- advertisements
- enforcement
- agricultural development
- tree advice and tree preservation order (TPO) work
- non-material amendments
|
no charge |
no charge |
no charge |
Download the pre-application enquiry request form