What information was published regarding the 2023 fee increases? 

Planning Portal maintained a blog post with all relevant details¹ for two months leading up to the change. This included a ‘forthcoming’ fee schedule² that provided a quick reference guide to the increases. 

Warning banners informing users of the change were in place on the application service from mid-November, and email notifications from the payment service were also changed to warn users of the forthcoming changes. 

Local Authorities and higher volume users were also sent email communications. 

Government provided: 

• Details of the progress of the amending legislation through its parliamentary approval process 
• The amending statutory instrument in its draft and final versions 
• A Chief Planners newsletter detailing the changes once the date was confirmed. 

1. https://blog.planningportal.co.uk/2023/09/26/details-of-the-forthcoming-planning-application-fee-increase/
2. https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk.mcas.ms/uploads/forthcoming_english_application_fees.pdf