Planning fees and charges

Type of Application

Charge 2026-2027 (£)

Hounslow Fast Track Planning Application Service

(Fee in addition to the fees outlined below)

£600

Prior Approval Applications

Prior Approval Applications (Householder Extensions)

£249

Prior Approval applications for permitted development rights for change of use from a Retail (Use Class A1 or A2) Use or a Mixed Retail and Residential Use to a Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse)- charge is per application (In line with National Planning Fee increase on 6th December 2023)

£249

Lawful Development Certificates

Lawful development certificate applications: Application for an existing use as one or more dwellings (fee per dwelling)

Same as planning application fee

Lawful development certificate applications: Application for a proposed use or operation

The fee is half that of an equivalent planning application

Advertisements

Advertisement applications: Relating to the business or premises- charge is per application

£174

Advertisement applications: Advance signs directing the public to a business- charge is per application

£174

Advertisement applications: Other advertisements- charge is per Application

£610

Householder Applications

Planning Application: Alterations or extensions to a single dwelling,

£548

Planning Application: Works within/ along the boundary of the existing dwellinghouse

£272

Non-material amendments: Residential extensions

£46

Submission of details pursuant to planning permission: Householder. Where the conditions refer to more than one application a fee needs to be paid on all applications

£89

Outline Planning Applications

Outline Planning Applications: New Dwellings

Erection of dwellings on sites less than 0.5 hectares

£610 for each 0.1 hectare

Erection of dwellings on sites between 0.5 hectares and 2.5 Hectares

£659 for each 0.1Hectare

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings) on sites more than 2.5 hectares – Maximum fee: £202,500

£16,291 + £196 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 Ha

Outline Planning Applications: New Buildings other than Dwellings

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings) on sites less than 1 Hectare

£610 for each 0.1 hectare

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings) on sites between 1 hectares and 2.5 hectares

£659 for each 0.1Hectare

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings) on sites more than 2.5 hectares – Maximum fee: £205,943

£16,291 + £196.00 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 Ha

Full Planning Applications

Full Planning Applications: New Dwellings

Full planning applications: Alterations or extensions to existing dwellings - two or more dwellings

£1083

Erection of new dwellings up to and including 9 dwellings

£610 for each dwelling

Erection of new dwellings, between 10-50 dwellings

£659 for each dwelling

Erection of new dwellings- for each additional dwellings in excess of 50 dwellings - Maximum fee: £427,537

£32,578 + £196 for each extra dwelling in excess of 50 dwellings

Full Planning Applications: Buildings other than agricultural, glasshouses, plant or machinery

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings, agricultural, glasshouse or plant nor machinery) - where no floor space, orless than 40sq.m additional floor space, is to be created. 

£309

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings, agricultural, glasshouse or plant nor machinery) - where more than 40sq.m and less than 75sq.m additional floor space is to be created.

£610

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings, agricultural, glasshouse or plant nor machinery) - more than 75sq m but no more than 3,750 sq m.

£659 (For each 75sqm)

Erection of buildings (other than dwellings, agricultural, glasshouse or plant nor machinery) - for more than 3,750 sq m - Maximum fee: £427,537

£32,578 plus £196 for each 75 Square Meters in excess of 3,750 square metres

Full Planning Applications – Agricultural Land

Erection of glasshouse (on land used for agriculture or agricultural purposes - where the area of additional floor space is not more than 465sq.m.

£127

Erection of glasshouse (on land used for agriculture or agricultural purposes - where the area of additional floor space is more than 465sq.m but less than 1,000 sq m

£3,405

Erection of glasshouse (on land used for agriculture or agricultural purposes - where the area of additional floor space is more than 1,000 sq m

£3,677

Erection of building (on land used for agriculture or agricultural purposes) - where the area of additional floor space is not more than 465sq.m

£127

Erection of building (on land used for agriculture or agricultural Purposes) - where the area of additional floor space is more than 465sq.m but not more than 540 sq m

£610

Erection of building (on land used for agriculture or agricultura lPurposes) - where the area of additional floor space is more than 540 sq.m but not more than 1,000 sq m.

£588 for first 540 square metres + £588 for each additional 75 square metres  (or part thereof) in excess of 540 square metres

Erection of building (on land used for agricultural or agricultural purposes) – where the area of additional floorspace is more than 1,000 sqm, but not more than 4,215sqm

£5,270 for first 1000 square metres + £659 for each additional 75 square metres (or part thereof) in excess of 1000 square metres

Erection of building (on land used for agriculture or agricultural Purposes) - where the area of additional floor space is more than 4,215 sq m. Maximum fee: £427,537

 £32,578 plus £196 for each additional 75 sq m in excess of 4,215 square metres

Full Planning Applications – Plants and Machinery

Application to determine whether prior approval is required for agricultural or forestry buildings, residential demolition

£249

Erection, alteration or replacement of plant and machinery - where the site area does not exceed 1 hectare

£610 for each 0.1 Ha

Erection, alteration or replacement of plant and machinery - where the site area exceeds 1 hectare but is less than 5 hectares

£659 for each 0.1 Ha

Erection, alteration or replacement of plant and machinery -where the site area exceeds 5 hectares. Maximum fee: £427,537

£32,578 plus £196 per 0.1 hectare

Full Planning Applications: Applications for works other than buildings

Waste (Use of land for disposal of refuse or waste materials or deposit of material remaining after extraction or storage of minerals) - where the site area does not exceed 15 hectares

£333 for each 0.1 Hectare

Waste (Use of land for disposal of refuse or waste materials or deposit of material remaining after extraction or storage of minerals) - where the site area is more than 15 hectares. Maximum fee: £111,159

£49,786 plus £196 for each 0.1 hectares in excess of 15 hectares

Any operations connected with exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas of site not more than 7.5 hectares

£725 for each 0.1 Hectare

Any operations connected with exploratory drilling for oil or natural gas of site more than 7.5 hectares Maximum fee: £405,000.00

£54,255 plus £215 for each additional 0.1 hectares over 7.5 Ha

Any operations (other than exploratory drilling) for the winning and working of oil or natural gas of site not more than 15 hectares

£366 for each 0.1 Hectare

Any operations (other than exploratory drilling) for the winning and working of oil or natural gas of site more than 15 hectares. Maximum fee: £111,159

£54,896 plus £215 for each extra 0.1 hectare over 15 hectares

Other Operations (winning and working of minerals) excluding oil and natural gas for site area not more than 7.5 hectares

£333 for each 0.1 Hectares

Other Operations (winning and working of minerals) excluding oil and natural gas for site area more than 7.5 hectares Maximum fee: £105,300

£49,786 plus £196 for each 0.1 hectares over 7.5 hectares

Car parks, service road or other accesses for existing uses

£309

Other Operations (not coming within any of the above categories). Maximum fee: £2,676

£309 for each 0.1 Ha

Permission in Principle

Site area

£531 for each 0.1 hectare

Change of Use

Change of use of a building to use of up to 10 separate dwellings

£610 for each dwelling

Change of use of a building to use between 10 and 50 separate dwellings

£659 for each dwelling

Change of use of a building to use of more than 50 dwellings. Maximum fee: £427,537

£32,578 + £196 for each additional dwelling over 50

Other changes of use of a building or land

£610

Concessionary Fees

Concessionary fees and exemptions: Development crossing planning boundaries, requiring several applicants

150% of fee, paid to the authority having the larger site but calculated for the whole scheme, and subject to the special ceiling

Concessionary fees and exemptions: Disabled people - works to improve disabled people's access to a public building, or to improve their access, safety, health or comfort at home

0.00

Other Planning Applications

Variation or removal of a condition - Householder

£89

Variation or removal of a condition – Non Major (Other than Householder)

£608

Variation or removal of a condition – Major Development

£2,076

Submission of details pursuant to planning permission: Non- householder/commercial. Where the conditions refer to more than one application a fee needs to be paid on all applications

£309

Non-material amendments: All other development

£309

Telecommunications

£610