Pre-application planning fees
Pre-application advice fees
These are are set by Teignbridge on 1 April each year. Please also see exemptions and notes below the table of fees.
| From 1 April 2021 | ||
| House Holder | Desk top evaluation with written response |
100 |
| As above but includes one meeting (not site visit) where exceptionally the Council agrees a meeting is necessary | 200 | |
| Listed Building site visit (where agreed) | Fee is purely for site visit - written advice is free | 200 |
| House Holder/Listed Building site visit | combined fee | 300 |
| Small Minor | Desk top evaluation with written response | 200 |
| Residential – 1 dwelling | ||
| Non-residential – Less than 200 sq m floorspace | As above but includes one meeting where agreed | 350 |
| Change of use with no works | ||
| Medium Minor | Desk top evaluation, one meeting and written response | 600 |
| Residential – 2 – 4 dwellings | ||
| Non-residential – 200 – 499 sq m floorspace | ||
| Site area less than 0.5 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown) | each additional meeting/response | 200 |
| Large Minor | Desk top evaluation, one meeting and written response | 800 |
| Residential – 4 – 9 dwellings | ||
| Non-residential – 500 – 999 sq m floorspace | ||
| Site area 0.5 to 0.99 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown) | each additional meeting/response | 250 |
| Small Scale Major | Desk top evaluation, one meeting and written response | 1000 or bespoke fee |
| Residential – 10 - 30 dwellings | ||
| Non-residential 1,000 – 4,999 sq m floorspace | ||
| Site area - 1 – 1.99 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown) | each additional meeting/response | 300 or bespoke fee |
| Medium Scale Major | Desk top evaluation, up to two meetings and written response | 2000 or bespoke fee |
| Residential - 31-149 dwellings | ||
| Non-residential 5,000 – 9,999 sq m floorspace | ||
| Site area - 2 – 3.99 Ha (where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown) | each additional meeting/response | 800 or bespoke fee |
| Large Scale Major | Desk top evaluation, up to three meetings and written response | 5000 or bespoke fee |
| Residential – more than 150 dwellings | ||
| Non-residential – over 10,000 sq m floorspace | ||
| Site area more than 4 Ha(where no. of dwellings or floorspace is unknown) | each additional meeting/response | 800 or bespoke fee |
Exemptions
The following types of enquiry are eligible for a 50% fee reduction
- Development within Use Classes B2, B8 or E (excluding retail) of less than 1000 sqm
- Retail development of less than 280 sqm
- Development by Town & Parish Councils
The following types of enquiry are free
- Listed Building advice where the works do not require planning permission
- Affordable Housing-led Schemes in agreement with Council.
- Development Specifically Intended to Improve Disabled Access
Notes
- Where a bespoke fee is appropriate this will be agreed with applicant through a Planning Performance Agreeement
- Floorspace means gross external floorspace
- The larger element of a mixed use scheme will be used to determine which category of fee applies
- All fees are inclusive of VAT
- Where it is agreed that the advice can be provided without a meeting the cost of the meeting may be refunded
- Where a request has been received but the officer has not yet started to work on the request the fee may be refunded less an administrative fee of £50
- For fee calculation purposes, flats and holiday accommodation are considered as dwellings