Planning circular 1/2026: planning fees for applications, local reviews and appeals

Planning Permission in Principle

Local reviews or appeals relating to planning permission in principle are charged on the following basis:

C.9 Residential development

• Where only one dwellinghouse is to be created, £297
• Where more than one dwellinghouse is to be created and the site area does not exceed 2.5 hectares the fee is £297 for each 0.1 hectare up to 2.5 hectares of the site area.
• Where the site area exceeds 2.5 hectares the fee is £297 for each 0.1 hectare up to 2.5 hectares of the site area and then £149 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 hectares, subject to a maximum of £37,105

C.10 Non-residential buildings

£297 for each 0.1 hectare up to 2.5 hectares of the site area, and then £149 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 hectares, subject to a maximum of £37,105.

C.11 Approval of matters specified in conditions

Where a local review or appeal relates to an application for approval of matters specified in conditions (AMSC) and the fee payable to the planning authority for the current application was that as set out by paragraph 10(3) of schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 as amended (the maximum fee has already been achieved and the standard fee now applies to each AMSC application), the fee payable for the local review or appeal is £247.

In all other cases, local reviews or appeals in relation to AMSC relating a planning permission in principle granted before 9 June 2025, and relating to development of: new dwellings; new buildings (except agricultural buildings, glasshouses or polytunnels); operations not falling within categories 1 to 19, or; the material change of use of a building other than to one or more dwellinghouses, the fee payable is calculated on basis of the figures in Table 1 in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Local Review and Appeal Fees Regulations

Where the planning permission in principle was granted before 9 June 2025 and where the application relates to development within categories 1, 4, 7, 13 and 17 the appeal/review fee is subject to a maximum as follows:

• a maximum of £50,000 if the planning permission in principle was granted before 1 April 2022.
• a maximum of £60,000 if the planning permission in principle was granted on or after 1 April 2022 and before 12 December 2024;
• a maximum of £69,142 if the planning permission in principle was granted on or after 12 December 2024 and before 9 June 2025;
• a maximum of £71,424 if the planning permission in principle was granted after 9 June 2025 and before 1 April 2026.