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Planning: Local Government

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102049

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will receive powers to set planning fees locally for the 2026/27 financial year.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The Planning and Infrastructure Act provides the Secretary of State with the power to delegate the setting of planning fees to local planning authorities.

The process for local fee setting will be set out in regulations this year. We will shortly also be consulting on a national default fee, which will be the baseline from which local planning authorities can vary and set their own fees.

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