Glossary
The planning fee a London council charges you in 2026
Statutory fee paid to council on application. £206 for a single dwelling extension (2026).
Statutory fee paid to council on application. £206 for a single dwelling extension (2026).
Planning fees in England are set nationally. A householder application is £548, a full application for a new dwellinghouse is £610, a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed development is £274, prior approval for a larger rear extension is £249, and listed building consent carries no fee.
Householder development — extensions, lofts, dormers, outbuildings within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse — is £548. Anything creating a new dwelling is a full application at £610 per dwelling. Change of use is £610. Advertisement consent is £165. Discharging conditions is £43 per request for householder development and £145 otherwise.
Fees are payable on submission and the application is not valid until they are received, so the eight-week clock does not start.
Listed building consent is free. So is an application made solely to remove or vary a condition where the original was for householder development, in some circumstances. And a resubmission within twelve months of a refusal or withdrawal of a similar application on the same site by the same applicant attracts the free go — once only.
The fee is only part of it. Building control charges £500 to £1,200, a party wall award commonly runs £900 to £1,400 per neighbour, and specialist reports, heritage, daylight, flood risk, arboricultural, are extra.
Planning application fee in a Newham context: London Borough of Newham (Newham Council) runs 10 conservation areas including the Manor Park Conservation Area and the Forest Gate Conservation Area, and an Article 4 direction is in force there, so permitted development cannot be assumed. That decides how planning application fee is handled: £548 and 8 weeks for a Newham householder application, or £274 for the Lawful Development Certificate that records planning application fee as lawful. The law behind planning application fee sits in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the GPDO 2015 and the Building Regulations 2010.
| Householder application | £548 |
|---|---|
| Full application, new dwelling | £610 |
| Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) | £274 |
| Prior approval, larger rear extension | £249 |
| Listed building consent | No fee |
| Discharge of conditions (householder) | £43 per request |
No, but a resubmission within twelve months is normally free once.
No. The fee is per application, regardless of the number of drawings.
No. Planning fees are set nationally for England.
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