Apply for pre-planning application advice - Additional services

The additional services will only be provided in addition to the statutory service ie. It will not be possible to have the additional services alone.

This service includes:

the consultation of any statutory or any other consultees
any meetings
a visit to the site by the case officer
advice about the information needed to make an application valid on submission.

You will need to complete a pre-planning application advice form, ensuring that you complete the additional service request fees section.

The cost of this service will have the additional charge below added onto the relevant fee.

Service	Fee (VAT will be charged on this element of the fee)
Consult statutory and non-statutory consultees within Caerphilly County Borough Council	35% of the statutory fee + VAT for the development type proposed
Meetings with officers on site or at an office	35% of the statutory fee + VAT for the development type proposed for each meeting
Site visit by the case officer	35% of the statutory fee + VAT for the development type proposed (this will not be charged separately if a meeting is held on site with the case officer)
Advice on the information needed to make an application valid on submission	35% + VAT of the statutory fee for the development type proposed

How long will it take?

We will try to respond within 21 working days for a valid statutory pre-planning application.

For the additional service we will respond within 42 working days.

If your proposal is more complex, we will let you know if it will take us longer to respond.

Other Services we offer

Service	Fee
Providing the planning history of a site:
Householder (involving no more than one dwelling)	£63.95 (inclusive of VAT)
Other Development	£159.86 (inclusive of VAT)
Advising whether a particular development has had its permitted development rights removed by condition	£63.95 (inclusive of VAT)
Advice on whether conditions have been discharged:
Householder (involving no more than one dwelling)	£63.95 (inclusive of VAT)
Other Development	£159.86 (inclusive of VAT)
Query as to whether a development requires planning permission or whether development is lawful	If you are unsure whether your project would need permission or if it is Lawful. We recommend that you submit an application for a Certificate of Lawfulness.
Query as to whether a childminding business is acceptable at a residential property.	Free informal verbal advice given based on the information submitted as part of the Child Minding Questionnaire Form.

Note: All fees are non-refundable, and are in addition to the normal planning applications fees. Multiple requests will be charged individually. If the fee is not paid within 15 works days after a reminder, no response will be given.

Please send your enquiry with any relevant documents and fee by post to:
Head of Regeneration and Planning
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Tredomen House
Tredomen Park
Ystrad Mynach
CF82 7WF
or email planning@caerphilly.gov.uk.

Additional Services for Conservation

For listed building you will need to complete a specific conservation pre-planning application advice form – Conservation services (NOTE THIS WILL BE ONLINE) NICE CTA ensuring that you complete the Additional Service request.

Listed building consent

Service	Fee
Householder	£132.30 (inclusive of VAT)
Floorspace < 999m2	£275.63 (inclusive of VAT)
Floorspace 1000m2 – 1999m2	£661.50 (inclusive of VAT)
Floorspace > 1999m2	£1102.50 (inclusive of VAT)
A meeting with an officer on site or at the office would incur an additional charge equivalent to 35% of the standard charge.

Please note: If you are carrying out a scheme that requires street naming, we would encourage you to base any names on historic names for the area where the development is taking place. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has launched a new web service which aims to preserve and highlight the importance of the historic place names of Wales.

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