Planning FAQ
How much does planning permission cost in London?
Council fee £206 (householder. Total typical: £1,500-£3,000 for a standard extension package.
Council fee £206 (householder. Total typical: £1,500-£3,000 for a standard extension package.
The statutory fee is set nationally, not by borough. A householder application is £548, a full application for a new dwelling is £610, a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed works is £274, and larger home extension prior approval is £249. Listed building consent is free.
Extensions, lofts, dormers and outbuildings within the curtilage of a house are householder development at £548. Anything creating a new dwelling — a garden plot, a subdivision, an outbuilding conversion — is a full application at £610 per dwelling. Change of use is £610. Discharging conditions is £43 per request for householder development.
Fees are payable on submission and the application is not valid until they are received, so the eight-week clock does not start until the payment clears.
Building control is the largest additional statutory cost: typically £500 to £1,200 including VAT in London, set by each authority or private approver rather than nationally. A party wall award commonly runs £900 to £1,400 per neighbour with an agreed surveyor.
Specialist reports are project-specific: a heritage statement, a daylight and sunlight report, an arboricultural survey or a flood risk assessment each add several hundred pounds where the local validation list requires them.
Listed building consent carries no fee. A resubmission within twelve months of a refusal or withdrawal of a similar application on the same site by the same applicant is normally free, once. Pre-application advice is charged by most boroughs, typically £150 to £600 for householder work.
How how much does planning permission cost in london? plays out in Harrow: London Borough of Harrow (Harrow Council) maintains 29 conservation areas, the Harrow on the Hill Conservation Area and the Pinner Village Conservation Area among them, and there is no borough-wide Article 4 direction, so permitted development generally survives outside conservation areas. Anyone dealing with how much does planning permission cost in london? at a Harrow address is therefore working to a £548 householder application decided in 8 weeks, or a £249 prior approval over 6 weeks where how much does planning permission cost in london? still qualifies. are the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the GPDO 2015 and the Building Regulations 2010.
| Householder application | £548 |
|---|---|
| New dwelling | £610 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | £274 |
| Prior approval, larger extension | £249 |
| Listed building consent | No fee |
| Building control | £500–£1,200 typical London |
No. Fees are set nationally for England.
No, but one free resubmission within twelve months is normally available.
No. Statutory planning fees are outside the scope of VAT.
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