Fees for pre-application advice
Below are details of how the South Downs National Park Authority provides pre-application advice.
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Scale of Development |
Fee (inclusive of VAT @ 20%) |
Level of Advice Given |
Timeframe for Response |
DINPP |
£0 |
Written Response to completed DINPP form |
15 working days |
Householder |
£0
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Informal ‘duty officer’ conversation: No written response – only constraint identification |
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Householder |
£0 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |