Paying for pre-application advice

What category of development does your pre-application proposal fall within?

Note that we no longer accept cheques as payment.

IMPORTANT – Advance notice – due to systems maintenance, there will be no facility to make card payments online, on Sunday 14th April 2024.

To pay online

Payments are handled by Brighton and Hove City Council on behalf of the South Downs National Park Authority.

Use the links below to make an online payment by credit or debit card for pre-applications handled by the following teams:

Chichester Team
East Hampshire Team
Horsham Team
Lewes Team
Winchester Team
SDNPA Team

To pay by telephone
- For Adur and Worthing, Arun, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, Mid-Sussex, Wealden or West Sussex you can pay over the phone by debit or credit card by calling 01730 814810 and asking for the Technical Support Team.
- To make a telephone payment within Chichester, East Hampshire, Horsham, Lewes or Winchester please contact the relevant planning service directly stating that you wish to pay a pre-application advice fee for a South Downs National Park Authority application.
- For payments for sites in Eastbourne please contact the Lewes Planning Service.

To pay by BACS transfer
- For Adur and Worthing, Arun, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, Mid-Sussex, Wealden or West Sussex please call 01730 814810 and ask for the Technical Support Team who will be happy to provide you with our account details.
- To make a BACS payment within Chichester, East Hampshire, Horsham, Lewes and Winchester please contact the relevant planning service directly stating that you wish to pay a pre-application advice fee for a South Downs National Park Authority application.
- For payments for sites in Eastbourne please contact the Lewes Planning Service.
To make sure your payment is correctly identified and linked to your submission please use the following references:
- If the fee relates to a previous application that has been declared invalid (no original fee or additional fee required) use the application reference; or
- If the fee is for a new application use the first line of the site address.

Services and fees

Scale of Development	Fee (inclusive of VAT @ 20%)	Level of Advice Given	Timeframe for Response
Do I need planning permission (DINPP) enquiry	£0	Written Response to completed DINPP Pro-Forma	15 working days
Householder – formal request	£0 (If a meeting is required £48 per hour)	Completed Householder Pro-Forma: Written response (inc site visit if required)	20 working days from receipt of valid information
Replacement dwellings and other development (change of use; agricultural development; advertisements; telecommunications)	£72 (If a meeting is required £48 per hour	Written response (inc site visit if required) to completed Other Developments Pro-Forma.	20 working days from receipt of valid information
1-3 dwellings; up to 499m² commercial floorspace	£240 (£48 per hour for additional meetings)	Site visit, written response to completed Other Developments Pro-Forma and 1 x 1hr meeting on the information provided.	25 working days from receipt of valid information
4-9 dwellings; up to 500-999m² commercial floorspace	£360 (£48 per hour for additional meetings)	Site visit, written response to completed Other Developments Pro-Forma and up to 2 x 1hr meetings on the information provided.	25 working days from receipt of valid information
10-29 dwellings; up to 1,000-1,999m² commercial floorspace	£900 (£48 per hour for additional meetings)	Site visit, written response to completed Other Developments Pro-Forma and up to 2 x 1hr meetings on the information provided.	Initial contact made within 5 working days to agree timetable
30-99 dwellings; 1,999m² to 3,500m² commercial floorspace	£1,800 (£48 per hour for additional meetings)	Site visit, written response to completed Other Developments Pro-Forma and up to 3 x 1hr meetings on the information provided.	Initial contact made within 5 working days to agree timetable
Anything over the above thresholds	10% of Planning Application Fee	Case by case agreement after initial meeting in response to completed Other Developments Pro-Forma	Initial contact made within 5 working days to agree timetable