Contact Details

Elmbridge Borough Council
Civic Centre,
High Street,
Esher,
Surrey,
KT10 9SD
Tel: 01372 474474
|General Enquiry

How much does it cost to apply for planning permission?

You will have to pay a fee to apply for planning permission (unless you are entitled to an |exemption or concession). The fees are payable when you submit your application to us. Your application will not be processed until we have received the correct fee.

Planning application fees changed on the 6 April 2008.


Below is a summary of the amendment to planning fees:

Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amended) (England) Regulations 2008

Scale of fees in request of applications made or deemed to be made on or after the 6 April 2008:
Planning Applications for the erection of a new dwelling £335.00 per dwelling
Application for other buildings £335.00 - 0.1ha site area
Change of use £335.00
Planning Applications for enlargement, improvement or alteration to a dwelling £150.00
Advertisements - displaying externally on business premises, directions etc.£95.00
Advertisements - all others (billboards)£335.00

 

Other fees:
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed useHalf the fee of the application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use Full fee of application type
Lawful Certificate following failure to comply with Condition £170.00
Confirmation of Compliance with a condition for a householder application £25.00 each request
Confirmation of Compliance of condition with all other applications.£85.00 each request

 

Pre-planning application advice fees:
Minor (1-9 Dwellings or 50-1000sqm commercial)£100 per enquiry for written response
£200 per enquiry for a meeting
Major (10-49 Dwellings or 1000-5000sqm commercial)£250 per enquiry for written response
£500 per enquiry for a meeting
Strategic (50 plus dwellings or 5000sqm plus commercial)£500 per enquiry for written response
£1000 per enquiry for a meeting
Other (Householder Extensions or up to 50sqm commercial)No charge

 


These fees are for the most common types of applications - |more detailed information is available here.

Problems calculating your fees?

The |Planning Portal Fee Calculator can assist you by working out the cost of any particular planning application.

If you are still unsure, please contact the |Elmbridge Planning Department direct.

How to pay

You can pay for your submission by :