Information on additional planning and HMO licensing fees
Request received 14 September 2026
1) Please could you let me know if you charge additional fees for planning applications, these might include changes to submissions, direct submissions, invalid applications and may vary depending upon size of application etc. This list is not exhaustive.
Please either present me with a direct link to the page on your website if this complete with none missing or ideally detail the various extra charges, if applicable, in the reply here.
2) Please let me know if you have additional or selective licensing of single lets or HMOs within your area, and what these are.
Please let me know fees for these additional or selective licences and whether these fees vary on size of property. Again, if a complete fee structure is available on your website, with none missing please provide me with a direct link as opposed to a link to your home page.
3) In both planning fees and licensing fees above, please confirm if
a) you have confirmed planned introduction of increased or additional fees in either planning or licensing; or if either fees have recently increased the date of these increases. Recently being in 2026.
and/or
b) whether you have proposals to add additional fees to either but not yet approved or they under consultation.
Responded 21 September 2026
- In addition to the statutory planning application fees prescribed by legislation, the Council operates a number of discretionary planning services and administrative charges. At the date of this response, these include:
- Pre-application advice fees.
- Pre-application fees for a householder | Pre-application advice | East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Pre-application fees for a minor development | Pre-application advice | East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Pre-application fees for a major development | Pre-application advice | East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Pre-application fees for a strategic development | Pre-application advice | East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Pre-application fees for a listed building | Pre-application advice | East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Permitted Development Advice (PDA) fees.
- Planning Performance Agreement (PPA) fees for strategic sites.
- An administrative charge for applications that are submitted but remain invalid due to the failure to provide information required for validation.
- An administrative charge for planning-related submissions received by email or in paper format where these are not submitted through the appropriate application process.
Please note that statutory planning application fees are set nationally and are separate from the discretionary fees and administrative charges listed above.
The information provided reflects the Council's fees and charges in effect on the date of this response. As fees may be amended from time to time, the Council's website should be regarded as the definitive source of the current fee schedule.
2.We do not have additional or selective licensing.
3. a) Planned or recent fee increases
The Council has not confirmed any plans to introduce additional planning fees beyond those already approved.
With regard to planning fees and charges, an increase to the Council's discretionary fee schedule was approved by Full Council on 24 February 2026 and came into effect on 1 April 2026.
In addition, a new discretionary fee for Permitted Development Advice (PDA) was approved by the Finance and Assets Committee on 25 June 2026 and subsequently introduced.
b) Proposals under consideration or consultation
At the date of this response, the Council does not hold any information relating to proposals to introduce additional planning fees that have not yet been approved, nor are any such proposals currently subject to consultation.