Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the forecast aggregate increase in planning fees revenue from the new planning fee provisions in the first full year of operation.

The Impact Assessment published alongside the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026, laid before Parliament on 1 September 2026, estimates that the increase in national planning fees will generate approximately £144 million per year in additional fee income for local planning authorities.

My Department has not made an estimate of how many local planning authorities will choose to set fees at the maximum 30% above the national default fee. This will depend on local circumstances and the evidence authorities provide to support any proposed increase. Where an authority applies the maximum uplift, the fee payable would be 30% higher than the applicable national default fee. The monetary increase would vary according to the type of application and the relevant default fee.