Additional heritage advice
When you apply for any type of planning advice, you also have the option to request heritage advice as an add-on to your main request.
Heritage advice includes:
- Listed Buildings
- Non-designated heritage assets (locally listed buildings)
- Conservation Areas
You can apply for either written advice or a meeting with a principal heritage officer. We will combine this with the written advice or meeting with a planning officer, as part of your overall planning advice.
Written advice
If you apply for written advice, we will add the principal heritage officer's written comments into your overall written advice. You will not receive a separate written response from a principal heritage officer.
Meeting
You can ask for a principal heritage officer to attend a meeting as part of your planning advice request.
Following the meeting, we will send you written confirmation of our advice. We will combine it with the written advice or meeting with a planning officer as part of our planning advice service. You will not receive a separate written response from a principal heritage officer.
You will need to submit a request for planning advice before you request additional heritage advice.
The fee for the advice depends on the scale of the proposed development, they type of advice you would like, and whether you have had advice from us before.
Subsequent advice
You can pay a reduced fee for subsequent advice if you have:
- already received heritage advice about a similar development on the same site in the last three months
- received a refusal of planning permission for a similar development on the same site in the last three months
All fees are valid until 31 March 2027.
Householder extension (written)
- Category and type of advice
- Householder extension (written)
- Fee
- £50.00
Householder extension (meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Householder extension (meeting)
- Fee
- £170.00
Householder extension (site meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Householder extension (site meeting)
- Fee
- £200.00
Householder extension (subsequent written)
- Category and type of advice
- Householder extension (subsequent written)
- Fee
- £35.00
Householder extension (subsequent meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Householder extension (subsequent meeting)
- Fee
- £125.00
Householder extension (subsequent site meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Householder extension (subsequent site meeting)
- Fee
- £140.00
One or two new dwellings / annexe (written)
- Category and type of advice
- One or two new dwellings / annexe (written)
- Fee
- £120.00
One or two new dwellings / annexe (meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- One or two new dwellings / annexe (meeting)
- Fee
- £200.00
One or two new dwellings / annexe (site meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- One or two new dwellings / annexe (site meeting)
- Fee
- £225.00
One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent written)
- Category and type of advice
- One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent written)
- Fee
- £100.00
One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent meeting)
- Fee
- £150.00
One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent site meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent site meeting)
- Fee
- £170.00
Minor development (written)
- Category and type of advice
- Minor development (written)
- Fee
- £175.00
Minor development (meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Minor development (meeting)
- Fee
- £250.00
Minor development (site meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Minor development (site meeting)
- Fee
- £300.00
Minor development (subsequent written)
- Category and type of advice
- Minor development (subsequent written)
- Fee
- £120.00
Minor development (subsequent meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Minor development (subsequent meeting)
- Fee
- £165.00
Minor development (subsequent site meeting)
- Category and type of advice
- Minor development (subsequent site meeting)
- Fee
- £200.00
Small major development
- Category and type of advice
- Small major development
- Fee
- Bespoke fee agreed as necessary
Large major development
- Category and type of advice
- Large major development
- Fee
- Bespoke fee agreed as necessary
Strategic development
- Category and type of advice
- Strategic development
- Fee
- Bespoke fee agreed as necessary
| Category and type of advice | Fee |
|---|---|
| Householder extension (written) | £50.00 |
| Householder extension (meeting) | £170.00 |
| Householder extension (site meeting) | £200.00 |
| Householder extension (subsequent written) | £35.00 |
| Householder extension (subsequent meeting) | £125.00 |
| Householder extension (subsequent site meeting) | £140.00 |
| One or two new dwellings / annexe (written) | £120.00 |
| One or two new dwellings / annexe (meeting) | £200.00 |
| One or two new dwellings / annexe (site meeting) | £225.00 |
| One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent written) | £100.00 |
| One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent meeting) | £150.00 |
| One or two new dwellings / annexe (subsequent site meeting) | £170.00 |
| Minor development (written) | £175.00 |
| Minor development (meeting) | £250.00 |
| Minor development (site meeting) | £300.00 |
| Minor development (subsequent written) | £120.00 |
| Minor development (subsequent meeting) | £165.00 |
| Minor development (subsequent site meeting) | £200.00 |
| Small major development | Bespoke fee agreed as necessary |
| Large major development | Bespoke fee agreed as necessary |
| Strategic development | Bespoke fee agreed as necessary |
Categories of development
Minor development
- Type
- Minor development
- Residential
- 3 to 10 units
- Commercial
- 0 to 999 m2
- Site area
- 0 to 0.5 ha
Small major development
- Type
- Small major development
- Residential
- 11 to 49 units
- Commercial
- 1,000 to 2,499 m2
- Site area
- 0.5 to 1.99 ha
Large major development
- Type
- Large major development
- Residential
- 50 to 199 units
- Commercial
- 2,500 to 4,999 m2
- Site area
- 2.0 to 4.99 ha
Strategic development
- Type
- Strategic development
- Residential
- 200+ units
- Commercial
- 5,000 m2+
- Site area
- 5 ha+
| Type | Residential | Commercial | Site area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor development | 3 to 10 units | 0 to 999 m2 | 0 to 0.5 ha |
| Small major development | 11 to 49 units | 1,000 to 2,499 m2 | 0.5 to 1.99 ha |
| Large major development | 50 to 199 units | 2,500 to 4,999 m2 | 2.0 to 4.99 ha |
| Strategic development | 200+ units | 5,000 m2+ | 5 ha+ |
Once you have submitted your planning advice request, you can make a payment online. You will need to choose the Preliminary Planning Enquiry Fee option.
You must quote your reference number when making the payment. Once you have made the payment, we will add this onto your planning advice request. You cannot add on heritage advice after we have given our planning advice.