Other types of advice

This information relates to advice for other areas of planning, including:

  • non-material amendments
  • conditions 
  • telecommunications developments

Pre-application enquiry service

Our advice categories are detailed in full in the table below. It is your responsibility to request the correct category of advice.

All pre-application advice requests must be submitted online. You'll need to have a Redbridge account to submit online. Please include a site location plan identifying the site or land in question. 

We recommend you have plans for your proposed development, and include these with your advice request.

Some categories have an optional meeting. Please state in your submission if you would like to have this.

For non-material amendment, telecommunication and discharge of condition householder categories, you can pay online when you submit. If you do not want to pay on submission, or are applying for an option not listed above, you can submit and pay after. We'll contact you with instructions on how to pay using our automated phone line. We aim to contact you within 2 working days. Do not attempt to make payment before we have contacted you as this will likely cause a delay in processing your request.

All quoted fees are inclusive of VAT.

Your fee is non-refundable once your request is allocated to a planning officer. 

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Category Definition Service Offer Advice Meeting
S96a (non-material amendment) Any grant of planning permission An optional meeting with a planning officer and written response within 20 working days of meeting (or receipt of payment if no meeting). £445 +£240
S73 (variation/removal of condition) Any grant of planning permission An optional meeting with a planning officer and written response within 20 working days of meeting (or receipt of payment if no meeting). Half of the current, equivalent pre-application fee for original development (capped at minimum of £465) +Half of the current, equivalent pre-application fee for original development (capped at minimum of £240)
Discharge of condition - householder Any grant of householder planning permission An optional meeting with a planning officer and written response within 20 working days of meeting (or receipt of payment if no meeting). £310 +£170
Discharge of condition - minor Any grant of planning permission for 1-9 new residential units, change of use or other development where gross floor space is up to 999sqm An optional meeting with a planning officer and written response within 20 working days of meeting (or receipt of payment if no meeting). £470 per condition (capped at the fee that would be charged for a pre-app for the whole development submitted at the same time) +£240 per condition (capped at the fee that would be charged for a pre-app for the whole development submitted at the same time)
Discharge of condition - major Any grant of planning permission for a major development A meeting with a planning officer and other relevant specialist officers* and written response within 20 working days of meeting. £1,350 per condition (capped at the fee that would be charged for a pre-app for the whole development submitted at the same time) Includes meeting
Telecommunications development A single mast and associated equipment. An optional meeting with a planning officer and written response within 20 working days of meeting (or receipt of payment if no meeting). £445 +£240

 

*Please note additional fees may be chargeable to include specific officers/consultees in pre-application discussions. 

Planning performance agreements

For large or complex planning applications you should consider a planning performance agreement (PPA). The main aim of a PPA is to do as much as possible before submitting your planning application, so that the application proposal is of high quality. The benefits to this process include:

  • setting a realistic timetable with key milestones to be met 
  • more efficient use of resources by both the developer and the Planning department,
  • ensuring engagement is transparent and productive.

If a PPA is entered into, members of the Council will be openly and appropriately engaged with the development while ensuring that their decision making function is not compromised. PPA schemes will be expected to benefit from one or more reviews by the Council’s Design Review Panel.