If you wish to book a residential developers planning advice service meeting, please register on our portal and fill in our online form with details about your proposal. Include an email address and phone number so we can contact you:
Request residential developer planning advice
If you are planning on building new homes or converting your property into flats, our planning advice service can help you.
Our planning advice service offers:
- written advice and feedback
- meetings with the relevant specialist officers present
- background research from planning officers about your site and proposals, including:
- specialist advice from conservation officers
- specialist advice from design officers
- special advice on the Community Infrastructure Levy
- special advice on our Affordable Housing Liability policies
What you must provide
Before attending the meeting, you must provide:
- 1:1250 site location plan
- drawings of the proposal
- photographs of the site and surroundings
- a draft design and access statement
- any other relevant attachments
These can all be included with your planning advice request.
Advice services for residential developers
We provide the following services for residential developers:
| Service | Current cost |
|---|---|
| 1 new residential unit | £1,200 (VAT inclusive) |
| Flat conversion 2-3 units/provision of an HMO | £918.06 (VAT inclusive) |
| Minors, 2-5 new residential units | £1,857.24 (VAT inclusive) |
| Minors, 6-9 residential units | £2,762.88 (VAT inclusive) |
| Majors, 10-24 residential units | £7,198.80 (VAT inclusive) |
| Majors, 25-50 residential units | £9,977.04 (VAT inclusive) |
| Majors 50 residential units and above | £12,600 (VAT inclusive) |
| Basement advice fee for a minor application |
£844.21 (VAT inclusive) plus the applicable proposed units fee from above |