You are required to pay a fee to the National Park Authority for most planning applications.
Planning fees are set by the Scottish Government to help cover costs associated with processing planning applications. Fees are payable when you submit your planning application at the Scottish Government’s ePlanning.Scot Planning Portal.
Information on how to pay your fee is also provided on our Paying Your Planning Fee page. Please note that new planning fees and charges came into force on 9th June 2025 and are updated annually in line with inflation.
The fee depends on the type and scale of the proposed development. To find out what fees apply to your application please visit the Scottish Government’s Fee Calculator.
If further assistance is required to calculate the fee for your proposal, please contact our Planning team:
For certain applications, you are required to pay the cost of a public advertisement in the local newspaper. For example, you are required to pay an advert fee where there is neighbouring land within 20 metres of the application site boundary which has no premises that we can send a neighbour notification letter to. Please be aware this is not required for Householder applications for planning permission.
The advertisement fee is £160 per application for publication.
We will not validate your application until this fee is paid.
If you are unsure whether an advertisement fee will be required for your application, please call us on 01389 722024 or email: planning@lochlomond-trossachs.org
Some applications are exempt from a fee. These include:
Where an application is made by, or on behalf of, a Community Council, the fee payable shall be one half of the amount that would otherwise be payable.
Yes, if your application is exempt from an application fee for one of the reasons specified above, you still have to pay the advert fee, except where the application is for works to improve a disabled person’s access to a building.
If your application includes more than one category of fee, only the higher of the two fees is charged, unless the development involves the creation of new residential units, in which case the total of the two fees is payable.
The correct planning application fee and advert fee must be paid before an application can be accepted as valid.
If you submit an advert fee and it is not required or you overpay the planning application fee, we will refund any monies due back to you once the application is validated. The National Park Authority will automatically make a refund using the same payment method the payment was received from.
Fees are not refunded if planning permission is refused, or if the application is withdrawn.