List of Planning Application Fees (From 1 April 2010)

The fees below are derived from the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (as amended).

Full Planning Applications

Applications	Cost
Alterations, extensions, operations, etc within the curtilage of existing dwellinghouses.	£160 per dwellinghouse. Where application relates to 2 or more dwellinghouses - £319.
Erection of new dwellinghouses or conversion of existing buildings to form new dwellinghouses.	£319 per dwellinghouse created. Maximum £15,950 (=50 houses).
Erection of buildings other than dwellinghouses. Extensions to buildings for agricultural purposes. Erection of short term holiday let accommodation.	Works creating no additional floor space or not more than 40 sq m of additional floor space - £160. More than 40 sq m but not more than 75 sq m of additional floor space - £319. Each additional 75 sq m (or part thereof) - £319. Maximum £15,950 (=3,750 sq m).
Erection of agricultural buildings.	Where the gross floor space is less than 465 sq m – NIL. Over 465 sq m but not exceeding 540 sq m - £319; where the gross floor area is over 540 sq m £319 for the first 540 sq m and £319 for each 75 sq m in excess of that figure subject to a maximum of £15,950.
Erection of agricultural glasshouse buildings.	Where the gross floor area is less than 465 sq m – NIL. Over 465 sq m - £1,675.
Erection, alteration or replacement of plant and machinery.	£319 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of the site area. Maximum £15,950 (=5ha).

Planning Permission in Principle and Matters Specified in Conditions

Applications	Cost
Planning permission in principle	£319 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £7,975 (=2.5 ha), or £319 for a single dwellinghouse.
Matters specified in conditions	Fee based on floor space/numbers of dwellinghouses involved,up to the total fee that would be incurred for a detailed planning application for the entire development. Once the maximum is reached, £319 per application.

Other Applications

Applications	Cost
Winning, working or storage of minerals etc (other than peat) and waste disposal.	£160 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £23,925 (=15ha).
Winning and working of peat.	£160 per hectare (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £2,393 (=15ha).
Car parks, service roads or other accesses (existing uses only).	£160
Other operations on land.	£160 per 0.1ha (or part thereof) of site area. Maximum £1,595 (=1ha).
For non-compliance with conditions including retention of temporary buildings etc.	£160 (if not exempt as a revision).
Change of use to (and sub-division of) dwellinghouses.	£319 per additional dwellinghouse created. Maximum £15,950 (=50 dwellinghouses).
Other changes of use excluding dwellinghouses, waste or minerals.	£319
Advertisements	£160
Applications for determinations as to whether the prior approval of the authority is required for agricultural/ forestry and other buildings with permitted development rights.	£61
Deemed applications in connection with an appeal against an enforcement notice.	Double the appropriate planning fee.
Renewal of an expired consent	Calculate as for new application
Renewal of an existing consent Pre-2009 Decision Notice Post-2009 Decision Notice	£160 Calculate as for new application

Exemptions and Concessions

Applications	Cost
Works to improve a disabled person’s access to a public building, or to improve their access, safety, health or comfort at their dwellinghouse.	No application fee or advert fee.
Applications (including advertisement applications) made by, or on behalf of, a Community Council.	Half the normal fee.
Applications required because of the removal of permitted development rights by a condition or by an Article 4 direction.	No fee.
Applications required because of the removal by a condition of a right to make a change of use within the Use Classes Order.	No fee.
Playing fields (for sports clubs etc).	£319
Revised or fresh applications for development of the same character or description within 12 months of either: the date of a permission the date of a refusal, or the date the earlier application was valid, if withdrawn Only one such application will be exempt.	No fee.
Alternative schemes.	Highest of the fees applicable for each option and a sum equal to half of the rest.
Development crossing planning authority boundaries requiring several applications.	Only one fee, paid to the authority having the larger site but calculated for whole scheme, and subject to special ceiling.

Please note if your application includes more than one category of fee, only the higher of the two fees is charged, unless the development involves the creation of new residential units, in which case the total of the two fees is payable.