Household pre-application advice service

Find out how to get our advice before submitting planning permission for alterations to your house or flat, and how much it costs

Apply for our household pre-application advice service

If you're thinking about making alterations to your house or flat, we can give you advice.

To commission pre-application advice from the Planning and Building Control service for a householder schemes, please complete the household pre-application advice form.

Email your completed form with any attachments to planning.applications@brighton-hove.gov.uk.

Fees

Our fees, including VAT at 20%, are shown in the tables below.

Payment is made for this service through our online payments page. The product name that will be shown on the page is “Products & Services - BHCC Pre Application Planning Advice”.

In the event of problems making payment please contact Planning.Applications@brighton-hove.gov.uk.

Householder

Type of advice Fee
Written response only £125.71
Virtual meeting with written response £188.44
Site meeting with written response £230.26
Follow Up written response only £36.44

Householder - Listed building and conservation area where agreed necessary

Type of advice Fee
Written response only £396.64
Virtual meeting with a written response £730.27
Site meeting with a written response £835.08
Follow Up written response only £114.97

Additional consultant or specialist - where agreed or required

Number of additional consultants Fee per hour
1 £92.38
2 £92.38
3 £92.38

If your house is either a listed building or in a conservation area, please send an email to planning.applications@brighton-hove.gov.uk to discuss if heritage advice is recommended.