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.

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 £122.05 
Virtual meeting with written response  £182.95 
Site meeting with written response  £223.54 
Follow Up written response only  £35.38 

Householder - Listed building and conservation area where agreed necessary

Type of advice Fee
Written response only  £385.08 
Virtual meeting with a written response  £709.00 
Site meeting with a written response  £810.76 
Follow Up written response only  £111.62 

Additional consultant or specialist - where agreed or required

Number of additional consultants Fee per hour
1 £89.69 
2 £89.69 
3  £89.69 

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.

Minor scheme pre-application advice service

If you're thinking about a small new residential or commercial development or change to commercial premises, we can give you advice.

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

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

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. 

Minors developments (a) - five to nine residential units or between 500 metres squared to 999 metres squared for commercial developments

Type of advice Fee
Written response only  £746.86
Virtual meeting with a written response  £1,244.66
Site meeting with a written response  £1,346.41 
Follow Up written response only £180.40

Minors developments (b) - one to four residential units or commercial development up to 499 metres squared

Type of advice Fee
Written response only  £512.08  
Virtual meeting with a written response  £1,024.42  
Site meeting with a written response  £1,126.17 
Follow Up written response only  £148.43 

Small scale - for example an advertisement, air conditioning units or a small extension to commercial space

Type of advice Fee
Written response only  £183.22  
Virtual meeting with a written response  £366.16  
Follow Up written response only  £53.11

Additional consultant, specialist or meeting - where agreed or required

Type of addition Fee per hour
1 consultant  £89.69 
2 consultants  £89.69 
3 consultants  £89.69 
Each meeting - for minor developments £512.08 
Each meeting - for small scale developments £183.22 

If your development needs additional consultant input, especially if the property is a listed building or in a conservation area, send an email to planning.applications@brighton-hove.gov.uk to discuss what additional advice is recommended and an estimate of hours. You need to do this before you submit this form.

Listed building pre-application advice service

If you're thinking about alterations which require listed building consent, we can give you advice.

This includes:

  • changing roof materials and replacing windows, doors, railings or other features 
  • alterations to internal layout, including removal or addition of walls
  • painting or other types of cladding over stone, flint or brickwork or tiling of steps
  • replacing or altering a shop front
  • structural repairs or other repairs not carried out in matching materials
  • fitting domestic flues or new external pipework 

To commission pre-application advice from the Planning and Building Control service for a listed building or for a building in a conservation area, please complete the listed building pre-application advice form.

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

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. 

Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas

Type of advice Fee
Written response only  £263.08 
Virtual meeting with a written response  £526.17 
Site meeting with a written response  £627.83
Follow Up written response only £76.26
Additional meeting  £263.08 

If your proposed development is for a listed building but will also need an application for planning permission, please use the appropriate form for that type of development.

Major development pre-application advice service

If you're thinking about a major residential or commercial development, we can give you advice.

This includes:

  • 10 or more units or dwellings of residential accommodation
  • site area exceeding 0.5 hectares where it is not known how many residential units are being created
  • non-residential development of 1000 square metres or more
  • commercial development site area is 1 hectare or more 

To commission pre-application advice from the Planning and Building Control service for a major development scheme, please complete the major development pre-application advice form.

Submitting your form

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

You can book this service before a complete package of information is available.

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. 

Over 100 residential units or 10,000 metres squared for commercial developments 

Type of advice Fee
Written response    £1,756.75 
Virtual Meeting - 2 hours maximum, with a written response   £2,927.34 
Site Meeting - 2 hours maximum, with a written response  £3,029.09 
Urban Design advice - advised for development schemes of this scale, per day or part thereof  £855.74 

Over 26 and less than 99 residential units or between 5,000 metres squared and 9,999 metres squared for commercial developments 

Type of advice Fee
Written response   £1,142.08 
Virtual Meeting - 2 hours maximum, with a written response  £1,902.64 
Site Meeting - 2 hours maximum, with a written response  £2,004.13 
Urban Design advice - advised for development schemes of this scale, per day or part thereof   £855.74 

Over 10 and less than 25 residential units or between 1,000 metres squared and 4,999 metres squared for commercial developments

Type of advice Fee
Written response   £877.68 
Virtual Meeting - 2 hours maximum, with a written response  £1,463.82 
Site Meeting - 2 hours maximum, with a written response  £1,565.29 
Urban Design advice - advised for development schemes of this scale, per day or part thereof  £855.74 

Additional consultant or specialist, including attendance at meetings/site visits

Number of additional consultants Fee per hour
1  £89.69
2  £89.69
3 £89.69

Follow up meetings 

Type of meeting Fee
Each additional meeting with case officer - virtual and 2 hours maximum  £760.56 

 

Number of additional consultants Fee per hour
1   £89.69
2  £89.69
3 £89.69

 

We offer the DesignPLACE Review (Design Panel) service to all pre-application submissions for major schemes in the city.