Pricing
One fee per application.
Your council’s fee at cost.
There is no subscription and there never has been. You pay when you have an application to make. Your council's statutory fee is theirs, not ours, so it is shown on its own line at the figure they publish.
- Householder, 8 to 12 weeks
- £499Householder, 8 to 12 weeks
- Minor, 13 to 20 weeks
- £1,995Minor, 13 to 20 weeks
- Major, 16 to 30 weeks
- £6,995Major, 16 to 30 weeks
- Appeal, 12 to 20 weeks
- £799Appeal, 12 to 20 weeks
The common case
Householder
Work to a single home. An extension, a loft, a garage conversion, a dropped kerb.
8 to 12 weeks. 8 weeks
| What you are paying for | Amount |
|---|---|
| Documents draftedEvery document your council requires for this route | £150 |
| Case managementIntake, chasing, correspondence, tracking to decision | £200 |
| Chartered review and sign-offA named chartered planner reads it, revises it, signs it | £149 |
| Wren, total | £499 |
| Your council, paid direct by youHouseholder application, England, from 1 April 2026 | £548 |
| Planning Portal, paid direct by youPlanning Portal service charge, per submission | £91 |
A single-storey rear extension. Itemised on your quote before you pay anything, and fixed at that point.
Every other route
Three more tiers, and that is the whole schedule.
Which one applies is decided by what you are building and which route your council requires, not by which package you choose.
| Tier | What it covers | Wren | Council, paid direct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | Up to nine dwellings, or a standalone change of use. | £1,995 | £3,141 |
| Major | Ten dwellings or more, or a site of half a hectare and above. | £6,995 | £9,976 |
| Appeal | Written representations to the Planning Inspectorate after a refusal. | £799 | £0 |
The Wren column is what you pay us, and it is the whole of what you pay us. The council column is the statutory fee and the Planning Portal charge for the worked example on each tier, which you pay directly to them at submission. Neither passes through Wren.
Free
Most of Wren costs nothing.
The half of this business that the incumbents meter is the half we give away. It is not a trial and it does not expire.
Paid direct
Council fees are theirs.
England’s statutory fees rose 3.8% on 1 April 2026. Every figure here is the current one, and we publish the whole schedule rather than summarising it.
| Application | Council fee |
|---|---|
| Householder | £548 |
| Dwellings, under 10 unitsper dwelling | £610 |
| Dwellings, 10 to 50 unitsper dwelling | £659 |
| Dwellings, over 50 unitsplus £196 per unit over 50, capped at £427,537 | £32,578 |
| Change of use | £610 |
| Lawful Development Certificate, proposed | £274 |
| Lawful Development Certificate, existing | Same as the full application fee |
Asked and answered
Questions people actually ask.
Is there a subscription?
Do you mark up the council's fee?
When do I pay?
What if my application is refused?
Who signs the application?
Draw your site and see the real number.
The appraisal is free. It names the route your site needs, lists the documents that route requires, and prices it before you commit to anything.