Application fees

All development applications incur fees in order for the assessment process to be undertaken by a planning professional.

The fees that will be payable for your application depend on what you are proposing.

Fees and charges

Fees are set out by a Ministerial fee notice (PDF, 343 KB) published in the Government Gazette. A simplified version of these fees is set out below, or you can download the fees and charges at a glance (PDF, 116 KB).

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Electronic Lodgement	$184	Exempt
Hard Copy Lodgement (additional processing fee)	$83	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Deemed-to-Satisfy (<_$10,000 development cost)	$132	Taxable
Deemed-to-Satisfy (>$10,000 development cost)	$218	Taxable
Performance Assessed	$260 or 0.125% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $200,000, whichever is greater	Exempt
Impact Assessed (Restricted)	0.25% of the total development cost up to $300,000, whichever is greater	Exempt
Impact Assessed (Declared by the Minister)	$1,819 plus 0.25% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $500,000	Exempt
Impact Assessed (Any other case)	0.25% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $500,000	Exempt
Crown Development	$184 plus, 0.25% of the total development cost up to a maximum $300,000	Exempt
Sign installation fee	Set by relevant authority	Taxable
Public notification	$260	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Assessment (4 or less lots with no public road)	$182	Exempt
Assessment (5 or more lots and/or a public road) (fee to council)	$182, plus $16.60 per additional allotment	Exempt
Statement of Requirements (fee to council)	$208	Exempt
Land Division Certificate (includes certificate, consultation report) (fee paid to DPTI)	$1,069	Exempt
Building Envelope Plan fee	$182 plus $16.60 per allotment delineated under the building envelope plan	Exempt
Publication of Building Envelope fee	$208	Exempt
Land Division (Restricted)	$510	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Building Assessment – Class 1 (typically houses)	$468 or 0.25% of the total development cost whichever is greater	Taxable
Building Assessment – Classes 2-9 (e.g. Apartments, commercial, industrial buildings)	Total development cost up to an including $20,000 - $697 Total development cost greater than $20,000 up to an including $200,000 - $697 plus 0.4% of the amount determined by subtracting $20,000 from the total development cost Total development cost greater than $200,000 up to an including $1M - $1,444 plus 0.25% of the amount determined by subtracting $200,000 from the total development cost Total development cost greater than $1M - $3,523 plus 0.15% of the amount determined by subtracting $1M from the total development cost	Taxable
Building Assessment – Class 10 (non-habitable structures e.g. sheds or carports)	$135 or 0.25% of the total development cost whichever is greater	Taxable
Building Assessment (Demolition)	$151	Taxable
Issue Essential Safety Provision (Class 2-9 commercial)	$250	Taxable
Change of Classification	$176	Taxable
Referral to Commission (Concurrence)	$359	Exempt
Referral to Commission (Opinion)	$359	Exempt
Home Builder development approval (to council)	$122	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Certificate of Occupancy (to council or certifier)	$52	Taxable
Class 1 (e.g. houses) inspection (to council)	$250	Exempt
Swimming Pool or swimming pool safety features inspection (to council)	$250	Exempt
Class 10 >$10,000 Class 10 <_$10,000 Basic compliance fee (to council)	total development cost up to an including $10,000 – no fee total development cost greater than $10,000 - $83	Exempt
Classes 2-9 inspection (e.g. apartments, commercial buildings etc.) (to council)	$250 or 0.075% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $2,599 whichever is the greater	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Urban Tree Canopy - small tree 4 metre mature height	$300	Exempt
Urban Tree Canopy - medium tree 6 metre mature height	$600	Exempt
Urban Tree Canopy - large tree 12 metre mature height	$1,200	Exempt

Refer to the Ministerial fee notice (PDF, 343 KB) for all referral agency fees.