Payment of planning and building warrant fees

Development Management fees

Item	Fees
Planning applications	The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 See separate fee list at ePlanning.scot: Fee calculator.
High Hedge application under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act	£400 Further information is contained within the Enforcement Charter and on our Planning enforcement page Once an application has been made valid and is being progressed, the fee will not be refunded
Planning application searches	£91
Copy of planning application consent and A4 plan extract	£91
Copies of Plans for Search (up to five)	£91 - additional copies over five are £1 per copy
Ordnance Survey location plan for planning application (allows up to 10 copies)	£32 - additional copies over 10 are £1 per copy
Planning advert fees	£149
Licensing application for S50 Certificate Suitability	£181

Paper submission fees

Application	Fees
Householder application / Building Warrant value up to £50,000	£26
Non householder applications / Building Warrant value between £50,001 and £1,000,000	£52
Major applications / Building Warrant value above £1,000,001	£103

Development Planning and Regeneration

Statutory adverts	Fee
Statutory adverts for applications under Section 207 or 208 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997	Fee payable - full cost recovery

Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 provides local authorities with the discretionary power to waive or reduce fees in the following circumstances: 

• Where the application relates to development which, in the opinion of the planning authority, has the primary purpose of contributing to a not for profit enterprise or a social enterprise, and
• Where the application relates to development which, in the opinion of the planning authority, is likely to contribute to improving the health of residents in the area to which the application relates

Applications must meet both of the above criteria to be considered for an exemption.

Where applications meet these criteria, East Ayrshire Council will reduce the fee required by 50% for any application for Planning Permission, Planning Permission in Principle, Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions of Planning Permission in Principle, certificate of lawful use or development (proposed or existing), advertisement consents and determinations as to whether the prior approval of the planning authority is required (Prior Notification applications).

Prospective applicants should make clear in their application supporting information if they are seeking a reduction in the application fee under this Charter. Clear justification should be given for why the applicant believes that a reduction in the fee is applicable, having reference to the guidance below.

Not for profit enterprise or a social enterprise

The statutory definition of what constitutes a ‘not for profit’ enterprise is set out within the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) as follows: 

• “not for profit enterprise” means an organisation which a person might reasonably consider to exist wholly or mainly to provide benefits for society.
• “social enterprise” means an organisation whose activities are wholly or mainly activities which a person might reasonably consider to be activities carried on for the benefit of society (“its social objects”), and which:
  • generates most of its income through business or trade
  • reinvests most of its profits in its social objects
  • is independent of any public authority, and 

  • is owned, controlled and managed in a way that is consistent with its social objects

If prospective applicants are of the opinion that their organisation meets the above criteria to be considered a not for profit or social enterprise, they should provide a supporting statement outlining why. Any statement should clearly cover the criteria described above. Supporting evidence should also be supplied. 

Improving the health of residents

There is no statutory definition of a proposal which is ‘improving the health of residents’. Prospective applicants should provide supporting information with any application detailing why they are of the opinion that their proposal will improve the health of residents in the local area.

Building Standards fees

Item	Fees
Building Warrants	Building/Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2004 as amended: Building warrant fees and discounts
Building Warrant searches and/or copy of Building Warrants/ Completion Certificates	£91 per property (at the discretion of the Management)
Copies of Plans for Search (up to five)	£91 - additional copies over five are £1 per copy (at the discretion of the Management)
Ordnance Survey location plan for Building Warrant (allows up to 10 copies)	£32 - additional copies over 10 are £1 per copy
Letter of Comfort	£259
Exemption Survey	£180
Dangerous Buildings	Full recovery of costs including Building Standards Management fee
Licensing application for S50 Certificate Suitability	£181

Applications for S89 Staging Certificate fees

Staging	Fees
Minor staging	£50 - contact Building Standards for advice
Medium staging	£216 for small events where occupant capacity of attendees is less than 500 people
Medium/Large staging	£433 for large events where occupant capacity of attendees is greater than 500 people but less than 1000 Where the event is greater than 1000, an additional £144 per each 1000 people or part thereof is charged on an escalating scale