From 1 April 2026, planning application fees in England are increasing by 3.8%, in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) from September 2025. This is an annual government-mandated uplift under The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations.

What Does This Mean in Practice?

The increase affects the fees paid to your local planning authority when submitting applications. To give you a sense of the real-world impact:

• A householder application (e.g. a home extension) goes from £528 to £548

• Erecting a new dwellinghouse (fewer than 10) goes from £588 to £610 per dwelling

• A change of use to dwellinghouses follows the same uplift

• Discharge of conditions (non-householder) rises from £298 to £309

These aren't dramatic changes, but they add up, particularly on larger or multi-development applications. You can read the full breakdown of the updated fee structure, including tiered pricing and combination rules, in our detailed fee guide here.

What Isn't Changing?

Our fees at Planda Portal.

We're a new platform with big ambitions, and right now our focus is simple: grow alongside the people using us. What you pay to use Planda Portal today stays exactly the same.

We're just getting started, and we want to build something that genuinely works for agents and applicants alike. That means keeping things fair, transparent, and accessible as we grow.

If you'd like to stay on top of planning fee changes and how they affect your applications, our full guide is here - it covers everything from householder and outline applications through to complex mixed-use developments and the exemptions that might apply to you.