Fees and Charges
Planning Fees and Charges
Fees and Charges
The majority of planning fees and charges are set out within the respective sections of the website;
- Planning Applications Fees - Planning Portal in related links
- Pre-application Advice charges - pre-application advice page
- S106 Planning Obligations monitoring and compliance check fees - S106 obligations page
Planning Application Fee Increase
Legislative changes have now been confirmed setting out the following coming into effect from 6th December 2023;
- Planning Application Fees will increase by 25% across the board, with a 35% increase for applying to major schemes
- An annual increase of application fees in line with inflation (and capped at 10%), every April, is introduced from 2025
- A new fee is being introduced for Prior Approval Applications for development by the Crown on a closed defence estate.
The Forthcoming fees guidance is available on the planning portal, and full details of the legislative amendments along with the schedule of fees is available here.
These new fees will apply to applications received from 6th December 2023. Any application submitted up to close of business hours on 5th December 2023 will still be accepted under the current fee charges.
For any applications which are not considered valid at the time that the new fees come into force, we will be giving a period of 14 days to provide the required information in order to validate the application. If the required information is not provided within that timescale, applications will be returned and any subsequent submission will be subject to the new application fees.
Additional Services
In addition, service requests are charged as follows:
| Service | 24/25 Charges (£) | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Copy of Planning Decision Notice | 0.00 | Extract from the planning register, provided electronically |
| Planning Application information searches | 35.30 | Cost per site to include copy of decision notices |
| Production of Plans or supporting documents for consultation and inspection purposes only * | Where printing costs do not exceed £5.00, no charge will be incurred | |
| 4.77 | |
| 2.44 | |
| 1.17 | |
| 0.32 | |
| 0.74 | |
| 0.11 | |
| 0.21 | |
| Administrative Charge | 8.59 | Where requests for documents/information exceed 30 minutes of Technical Support time, an admin handling charge is to apply at the discretion of the Planning Office Manager |
| Adopted South East Lincolnshire Local Plan | 89.78 | |
| 6.36 | |
| Copy of Tree Preservation Orders | 0.00 | Copy provided electronically |
| Copies of Local Development Schemes | 19.72 | |
| If an invoice is required for any of the above services | 6.25 |
|
| Administrative charge for cheque payments and processing paper submissions | 25.00 | Please see our Discretionary Fees Document - Planning Discretionary Fees (boston.gov.uk) |
| Handling/return of invalid planning applications (Major Development) | 100.00 | Please see our Discretionary Fees Document - Planning Discretionary Fees (boston.gov.uk) |
| Handling/return of invalid planning applications (Non-major development) | 50.00 | Please see our Discretionary Fees Document - Planning Discretionary Fees (boston.gov.uk) |
* Note: in the event of the Municipal Buildings being closed to the public, no charge will be incurred for copies of planning application documents for consultation purposes to be provided. Under normal circumstances, they will be made available for viewing in hard copy format in the main reception of the council offices.
Any requests for documentation or searches should be made directly to the department by emailing the planning team.
To discuss an enquiry in advance please call 01205 314305.
Timescales
Requests for copies of documentation for consultation purposes of a live planning application will be handled within 2 working days of receipt of the request.
All other service requests will be handled within 21 days of receipt of the request and respective payment (where applicable).
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