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Householder Applications
Enlargement, improvement, or other alteration to a dwelling and incidental development within the garden including garages and outbuildings. This class does not include erection of a new house(s) in the garden.
Minor Works to non-residential property
For example, awnings, solar panels, windows, adverts, small ancillary development up to 100 square metres including extensions, sheds, bicycle racks, decking, cladding, flues, extractors, and pumps
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £260 |
Listed building/heritage with Conservation Officer only
Listed building advice/specific advice about impact on a conversation area or other heritage asset
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £215 |
Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£495 |
| If your enquiry is of a more complex nature, we reserve the right to provide a bespoke fee. | Bespoke based on hourly rate £110 per hour or part thereof |
*Note: the term ‘residential units’ includes accommodation use for holiday lets
Small minor:
- the replacement or erection of or, change of use to create 1 or 2 residential units or conversion of building(s) to 1 or 2 residential units.
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions to existing buildings; 200 to 499 square metres floorspace
- erection of or works to agricultural buildings or land
- change of use of land only
- telecoms proposals
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £610 |
Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£970 |
Minor:
- the replacement or erection of, or change of use to create between 3 to 9 residential units
- non-residential schemes for new buildings or extensions to existing buildings 500 up to1000 square metres floorspace
- small scale free standing renewable energy proposals under 1 hectare
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £855 |
Site based meeting and write up. (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£1135 |
Types of development:
Small scale major:
- the replacement, or erection of, or change of use to create10 to 24 residential units
- residential development, or mixed use on a site area up to 2 hectares
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions more than 1,000 up to 4,999 square metres floorspace or on a site area between 1 - 2 hectare
- small scale free standing renewable energy proposals over 1 hectare
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £1280 |
| Office based meeting and write up | £1450 |
Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£1785 |
Medium scale major
Medium scale major are:
- the replacement or, erection of, or change of use to create 25 to 149 residential units
- residential development or mixed use on a site area 2 to 4 hectares
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions 5,000 up to 9,999 square metres floorspace or on a site area between 2 to 4 hectare
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | £2430 |
| Office based meeting and write up | £2660 |
Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
£2895 |
Large scale major
Large scale major are:
- the replacement or, erection of, or change of use to create 150 or more residential units
- residential development or a mixed use on a site area greater than 4 hectares
- non-residential schemes for new buildings/extensions 10,000 square metres or more floorspace or on a site area greater than 4 hectares
All environmental impact assessment development
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Written | Bespoke quote based on hourly rate or PPA |
| Office based meeting and write up | |
Site based meeting and write up (At officers’ discretion as to whether a site-based meeting is required) |
Type of development
Level 1
Including but not limited to:
- plant machinery for the processing, treatment or production of minerals or any mineral derived product on a site less than 1 hectare
- searches and tests of mineral deposits
- building or buildings less than 1000 square metres
- change of use of buildings or land
- winning and working of minerals on area less than 1 hectare
- landfill or land-raising on area less than 1 hectare
- non-residential development where land is, or forms part of, a site formerly used for the winning and working of minerals and has not been fully restored
- application under Section 73 of the 1990 Act not involving time extension to complete development
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
Office / virtual or site-based meeting, and write up |
£2310 |
Level 2
Including but not limited to:
- environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) development;
- winning and working of minerals on area greater than 1 hectare
- plant and machinery for the processing, treatment or production of minerals or any mineral derived product or article on site more than 1 hectare
- landfill or land-raising on an area greater than 1 hectare
- restoration of mineral workings
- waste recovery, treatment, storage, processing, sorting, and transfer on an open site;
- buildings or building for use more than 1000 square metres
- disposal of mineral waste
- application under Section 73 of the 1990 Act for minor material amendment where the original permission was for development involving any of the above
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
Office / virtual or site-based meeting, and write up |
£3010 |
Other advice minerals and waste
The Minerals & Waste Team can provide informal verbal advice (up to 30 minutes) in relation to likely information required to support pre-application requests or validate planning applications and to discuss pre-application responses. More detailed advice would incur a fee which shall be agreed and paid in advance of a meeting or written response.
Such advice includes, but is not limited to:
- discussion of consultee requirements including outcome of EIA screening and scoping
- planning matters relating to minerals and waste sites
Provide and facilitate feedback where draft documents to support a planning application (For example, ES chapters or standalone documents) have been submitted.
| Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
Please contact the Minerals and Waste Team to agree the type of advice and a fee |
Bespoke fee based on hourly rate £110 per hour or part there of |
Types of development:
| Types of development | Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|---|
| All other types of development not included above | Any | Contact for the bespoke quotation |
| Advice to a parish or town council relating to development they will commission/undertake | Any | Half the normal pre-ap fee |
| Advice relating to development specifically for the benefit/use of disabled persons. (A disabled person is one to whom Section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 applies or a child who is disabled for the purposes of part III of the Children Act 1989. A medical practitioner's certificate may be required in some cases) | Any | Free |
| Advice to affordable housing/community land trust | Any | Subject to full charges as set out above dependent on the development type |
Follow up advice. If you need additional advice or would like to discuss the advice, we have given. |
Written (At officers’ discretion if you would like to discuss the advice) |
Based on hourly rate £110 per hour or part thereof |
| Types services | Types of advice | Fee (inc. VAT) |
| Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) | Any | Based on officer time and will be charged at £120 per hour or part thereof |
| Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) | Any | An additional charge at an hourly rate of £110 per hour or part thereof will apply for each specialist team officer who is required to attend a meeting or provide a consultation response as part of your pre application enquiry |
| Design Review Panel | Any | We will provide a bespoke quote for our time on request at a rate of £120 per hour or part thereof |
View more detail about our pre app service and other services we offer.
Making payments
Payments can be made in the following ways:
By following the instructions online when you submit your pre-application request or householder permitted development enquiry.
By card payment over the phone.
We no longer accept cheques as payment. All fees must be paid on submission of your request.
Service Charge for returned unvalidated application
We will work with you to get your application validated but there might be cases where an application is not pursued or withdrawn. In these circumstances we would retain an administrative charge of £50.00. The charge currently applies to pre-applications and permitted development enquiries as detailed in this document.
Notes:
1. Floorspace refers to gross external floorspace.
2. The larger element of a mixed-use scheme will primarily be used to determine which category of fee applies to the proposal.
3. For the purposes of charging, flats and holiday accommodation are considered as houses.
4. Fees will be subject to periodic review, normally annually.
5. The charge applies to advice received from Dorset Council officers only.
6. Charges apply to pre-application advice for unauthorised development where works have already been carried out and may or not be subject to an enforcement investigation or enforcement action.