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, 279 KB) published in the Government Gazette.

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Electronic Lodgement	$180	Exempt
Hard Copy Lodgement (additional processing fee)	$81.50	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Deemed-to-Satisfy (<_$10,000 development cost)	$129	Taxable
Deemed-to-Satisfy (>$10,000 development cost)	$214	Taxable
Performance Assessed	$255 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)	$1783 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	$180 plus, 0.25% of te total development cost up to a maximum $300,000	Exempt
Sign installation fee	Set by relevant authority	Taxable
Public notification	$255	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Assessment (4 or less lots with no public road)	$178	Exempt
Assessment (5 or more lots and/or a public road) (fee to council)	$178, plus $16.30 per additional allotment	Exempt
Statement of Requirements (fee to council)	$204	Exempt
Land Division Certificate (includes certificate, consultation report) (fee paid to DPTI)	$1,048	Exempt
Building Envelope Plan fee	$178 plus $16.30 per allotment delineated under the building envelope plan	Exempt
Publication of Building Envelope fee	$240	Exempt
Land Division (Restricted)	$500	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Building Assessment – Class 1 (typically houses)	$459 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 - $683 Total development cost greater than $20,000 up to an including $200,000 - $683 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 - $1,416 plus 0.25% of the amount determined by subtracting $200,000 from the total development cost Total development cost greater than $1M - $3,454 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)	$132 or 0.25% of the total development cost whichever is greater	Taxable
Building Assessment (Demolition)	$148	Taxable
Issue Essential Safety Provision (Class 2-9 commercial)	$245	Taxable
Change of Classification	$173	Taxable
Referral to Commission (Concurrence)	$352	Exempt
Referral to Commission (Opinion)	$352	Exempt
Home Builder development approval (to council)	$120	Exempt

Fee Name	PDI Act Fee	Tax Status
Certificate of Occupancy (to council or certifier)	$51	Taxable
Class 1 (e.g. houses) inspection (to council)	$245	Exempt
Swimming Pool or swimming pool safety features inspection (to council)	$245	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 - $81.50	Exempt
Classes 2-9 inspection (e.g. apartments, commercial buildings etc.) (to council)	245 or 0.075% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $2,548 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, 279 KB) for all referral agency fees.