Application type	Fee
Extensions to dwellings	£150
Erection of dwellings (Outline)	Site area <2.5 ha: £335 per 0.1 ha
	Site area >2.5 ha: £8,285 plus £100 per 0.1 ha over 2.5 ha (maximum £125,000)
Erection of 'other' buildings or extensions And agricultural buildings (not glasshouses) (Outline)	Site area <2.5 ha: £335 per 0.1 ha
	Site area >2.5 ha: £8,285 plus £100 per 0.1 ha over 2.5 ha (maximum £125,000)
Erection of dwellings (full)	No. of dwellings 50 or less: £335 per dwelling
	No. of dwellings over 50: £16,565 plus £100 per additional dwelling over 50. (maximum £250,000)
Erection of 'other' buildings or extensions (full)	< 40m2 = £170
	< 75m2 = £335
	> 75m2 but < 3,750m2 = £335 per 75m2
	>3,750m2 = £16,565 plus £100 per additional 75m2 (maximum £250,000)
Erection of agricultural buildings (not glasshouses)	< 465m2 = £70
	<540m2 = £335
	<4,215m2 =£335 plus £335 for each 74m2 over 540m2
	>4215m2 =£16,565 plus £100 each 75m2 over 4,215m2 (maximum £250,000)
Glasshouses for agricultural purposes	<465m2 = £70
	>465m2 = £1,870
Change of use	£335
Advertisements on business premises or giving directions to premises	£95
Other advertisements	£335
Discharge of Conditions – Householder application (an application can consist of one or more conditions to be discharged)	£25 per application
Discharge of Conditions - All Other Applications (an application can consist of one or more conditions to be discharged)	£85 per application

• "other" buildings relates to buildings that are not dwellings or agricultural buildings. For example industrial, warehouses, shops, sports halls, hotels, care homes etc.
• Reserved Matters applications attract the same fee as a full application.

Please note

• Since the 6th April 2008, the fee MUST be submitted with the application. An application will be classed as an invalid application without the full fee.
• It will assist the speedy processing of applications if applicants complete the application form provided when paying the fee.
• Cheques to be made payable to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. It is helpful if Planning and Building Regulations fees are submitted on separate cheques.

A fee is NOT required for:

• Applications for Listed Building Consent or Conservation Area Consent.
• Consents required by a condition attached to a planning permission (and does not relate to "reserved matters").

In certain cases, exceptions or reduced fees can be claimed. If exemption or a reduced fee is claimed, full details of the claim must be submitted.

Further Exemptions

No fee is required for the following:

• The Disabled: Work to improve access to and within public buildings and dwellings for people with a disability or in the provision or adaptation of facilities for use by disabled persons without assistance, for their health, safety, welfare and convenience.  
• Article 4 Directions and Planning Conditions removing Permitted Development Rights: Applications required because of the removal of permitted development rights by a condition or by an Article 4 Direction.
• Revised Applications: Where the same applicant submits one further application within twelve months for the same character or description of development on the same site following the granting of planning permission, a withdrawn or refused application or the dismissal of an appeal. The twelve month time period runs from the date of submission of the first application if that was withdrawn, or from the date of the refusal notice.
• Tree Preservation Orders: Application to carry out works on tree(s) subject to a Tree Preservation Order.
• Listed Building and Conservation Area Consents.

Reductions

A reduced fee can be claimed for the following:

• Applications by Parish etc. Councils: Half the normal fee (including Adverts).
• Playing Fields: For Sports clubs etc. £335
• Alternative Applications for One site: Highest of the fees applicable for each alternative and a sum equal to half the rest.
• Development Crossing Authority Boundaries: Only one fee, paid to the authority having the larger site, equal to one and a half times the amount which would have been payable to a single authority or the sum of the fees for each authority calculated separately, if less.
• Application to continue an Existing Use or Retain an Existing Building: Without complying with a condition attached to an earlier permission, including one which requires the cessation of the use or the removal of the building at the end of a specified period, £170.

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