Paid direct

Your council's fee, at your council's figure.

These are statutory. They are set by regulation and you pay them directly to the Planning Portal or your authority at submission, so they never pass through Wren and there is nothing for us to mark up. Published in full rather than summarised, because a fee you cannot check is a fee you have to take on trust.

Fees rose by this on 1 April 2026
3.8%Fees rose by this on 1 April 2026
Householder application, England
£548Householder application, England
Planning Portal charge, per submission
£91Planning Portal charge, per submission
What Wren adds to either
£0What Wren adds to either

The whole schedule

Every fee, not the convenient ones.

Uprated 3.8% on 1 April 2026, tracking September 2025 inflation. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland set their own, so where your site is devolved the appraisal returns a check-with-your-authority note rather than an England figure wearing a devolved badge.

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ApplicationFee
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, existingSame as the full application fee
Listed building consent£0
Prior approvalClass MA office to residential is £260 per dwelling£249
Advertisement, own premises or directional£174
Advertisement, other£610
Section 78 appeal£0
Planning Portal service chargeper submission£91

See the total for your own site.

The appraisal works out which of these applies to your scheme and adds it to the quote as its own line.

Draw your siteWhat Wren charges