Planning fees

Non Material Amendment Fees

From the 1st April 2024 Non Material Amendment requests are subject to the fees set out below.

Please see guidance and form for further information.

Non ePlanning Submissions Admin Charge

Applicants are encouraged to submit planning and related applications online using the Scottish Government’s e-Planning portal. 

Please see table below for application types and charges. 

For most types of planning application, a fee must be paid. The appropriate fee needs to be paid before your application is processed.

Statutory Fees

Please note that with effect from the 12th December 2024 Scottish Government Statutory Planning Fees have increased as per The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

Find planning application fees and guidance 

How to pay

There are several ways that you can pay planning application fees:

If you are applying online through the eplanning portal, you will be able to pay online after you have your application.

If you are posting us your application form, you can either:

• use our online payments service (you will need your planning reference number to do this):
  • Planning Payment (Does not include Advert Fee)
  • Advertising Fee (Does not include Planning Fee)
  • Pre-Planning Fee
  • Building Standards Fee
• enclose a cheque made payable to "Argyll and Bute Council" with your application

Advertising fees

Some planning applications require an additional fee of £235 for advertising costs. You can find out which types of applications require to be advertised in our publicity guidance notes

Planning applications - publicity guidance notes