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Charging for pre-application advice

Benefits of the service

We encourage and welcome the opportunity to provide advice before an application is made. There are considerable benefits in seeking advice before making an application: 

  • It gives you an opportunity to understand how planning policies will be applied to your development.  
  • It can identify at an early stage where there is a need for specialist/technical input, for example on listed buildings, trees, highways, landscape, noise, transport, contaminated land, ecology and archaeology. 
  • It will assist you in preparing proposals for formal submission which, providing you have taken our advice fully into account, is likely to be handled more efficiently. 
  • It may lead to a reduction in time spent by your professional advisors in working up proposals. 
  • It may indicate at an early stage that a proposal is unacceptable, saving you the cost of pursuing a formal application. 
  • It can ensure an application is complete and comprehensive and to a satisfactory standard, avoiding rejection at registration stage or early refusal of permission because of inadequate or insufficient information.