Consultation outcome

Increasing planning fees and performance: technical consultation

From:
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Published
28 February 2023
Last updated
25 July 2023 — See all updates
This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Technical consultation: Stronger performance of local planning authorities supported through an increase in planning fees: government response

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This is the government response to the technical consultation: Stronger performance of local planning authorities supported through an increase in planning fees.

Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on proposals to increase planning fees and to improve capacity, capability and performance within local planning authorities.

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Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on proposals to increase planning fees and to improve the performance of local planning authorities. We want you to tell us what you think about the proposals to:

  • increase planning fees by 35% for major applications and 25% for all other applications
  • additional fees for bespoke or ‘fast track’ services
  • make an annual inflation-related adjustment to planning fees
  • ring-fence additional fees income
  • double fees for retrospective applications
  • remove the ‘free-go’ for repeat applications
  • introduce a prior approval fee for the permitted development right allowing the Crown to develop sites within the perimeter of a closed defence site
  • build planning capacity and capability within local authorities, including challenges in recruitment and retention, and how these can be addressed
  • reduce the Planning Guarantee from 26 weeks to 16 weeks for non-major applications
  • improve the quality of the local authority planning service by monitoring more performance measures.

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Technical consultation: Stronger performance of local planning authorities supported through an increase in planning fees

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Published 28 February 2023
Last updated 25 July 2023 + show all updates

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