Planning Portal Service Fee increase announced – in our almost daily dealings with the Planning Portal, we would bring to people’s attention the proposed increase in the service fee the Planning Portal charges when submitting a planning application on line. This fee increase will occur ‘from early May, date to be confirmed shortly’
The new Planning Portal Service Charge fee will be £53.33+VAT (£64 inc VAT). Currently it is £32.20 inc VAT.
Alan Davies (Associate Director) expressed some surprise at the almost exact 100% increase in fee charge – the Portal Blog explains that ‘this includes significant inflationary cost increases for hosting and transaction/banking fees over the last 12 months for the existing payment service. It also includes the costs of the new ‘location plan feature’ – including mapping royalties due.