Cost - planning applications and approvals
What will I have to pay a fee for?
You will have to pay a fee for a planning application when you
intend to make
- an application for planning permission in
principle planning permission or for full planning
permission, including "retrospective" applications where
development has already taken place
- an application for the approval of matters specified in
conditions applied to planning permission in
principle (which has replaced 'reserved matters'
applications).
- an application for consent to display advertisements
- a deemed application arising from enforcement notice appeals
- an application arising from certificates of lawful use or
development
- certain applications for the prior approval of a planning
authority
What fee do I have to pay?
A schedule of the current fees is available to download from
this page. In most cases you will also have to pay the cost of
placing a statutory advertisement in the local newspaper, unless
the planning application is in a conservation area or affects the
setting of a listed building. The current cost of this
advertisement is £61.10 (including VAT). The processing of
your application will be quicker if the payment is submitted along
with the application. In a small number of cases the advertisement
charge does not apply and in these cases we will refund the
advertisement fee.
How do I pay the fee?
Fees should be paid by enclosing a cheque payable to Perth and
Kinross Council if submitting an application on paper forms or by
paying by debit or credit card as part of the process of submitting
an online application.
When will I not need to pay a fee?
You do not have to pay an application fee nor an
advertisement charge when you are making an application
for:
- listed building consent or conservation area
consent
- a certificate of appropriate alternative development
- lopping or felling trees which are subject to tree
preservation orders
- approvals required by any condition attached to a full
planning permission.
