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Fee guidance
Please note that an application under the building
regulations may be required in addition to certain planning
applications, which may attract a further fee.
All applications under planning legislation in the area of
Medway Council should be deposited at the address below with the
appropriate fee. For information on fees please use the fee
calculator or list of planning fees (pdf
52KB). To use this file and the other pdf files on this page you
will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this on your
computer please go to our advice page.
Please make cheques payable to Medway Council. Debit and credit
cards can also be used to pay fees. All technical communications
should be sent to the same address.
Applications requiring a fee:
- planning permission (other than those specified below);
- approval of reserved matters submitted following outline
planning permission;
- consents to display advertisements;
- determination of whether details of agricultural and forestry
buildings or private ways and development by telecommunications
code system operators are required to be submitted for
approval;
- determination of whether prior approval is required for the
method of demolition and restoration of sites;
- hazardous substances consent;
- certificates of lawfulness of existing use or development;
- certificates of lawfulness of proposed use or development.
Applications which do not require a fee:
- listed building consent;
- conservation area consent;
- approval required by a condition attached to a planning
permission and which relates to anything other than a “reserved
matter” as defined in the Town
and Country Planning General Development Order 1988 ;
- works to trees protected by a tree preservation order.
Applications exempt from a fee:
- Planning permission to alter or extend an existing dwelling
house to improve access, safety, health or comfort for a disabled
person living in the house;
- Works to provide access for the disabled to public
buildings;
- Applications required to be made only because of a direction
under Article 4 of the General Development Order 1988
being in force or only because of the requirements of a condition
imposed on a previously granted planning permission;
- Where an application for planning permission or advertisement
consent has been refused, withdrawn or if an appeal has been
dismissed, one further application by the same applicant may be
made without a fee.
This is providing the later application is for the same
character or description of development or advertisement on the
same site; the application must also be made within 12 months of
the first decision or in the case of a withdrawal, the date of the
submission of the application.
- A similar exemption applies when an appeal has been made
against the council’s failure to determine an application, provided
that the new application is made within 12 months of the expiry of
the period for the determination;
- A variation to a development previously permitted, made by
the same applicant, provided that the development remains of the
same character or description on the same site and the application
is made within 12 months of the planning permission;
- Where an application or deemed application is made relating to
a change of use of a building or other land from a purpose of one
of the classes specified in the Schedule
to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order
1987 to another purpose of the same class, in a case
where planning permission is required solely because the change is
prohibited by a condition imposed on a previous grant of planning
permission.
More information on fees
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