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 are set out by a Ministerial fee notice (PDF, 237.4 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, 131.4 KB).

Fee types

Lodgement

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Total development cost (excluding fit-out ):
≤$10,000	$98.50	Exempt
>$10,000 but ≤$50,000	$158	Exempt
>$50,000 but ≤$100,000	$178	Exempt
>$100,000 but ≤$300,000	$187	Exempt
>$300,000 but ≤$500,000	$197	Exempt
>$500,000 but ≤$700,000	$453	Exempt
>$700,000 but ≤$1 million	$790	Exempt
>$1 million but ≤$5 million	$3,442	Exempt
>$5 million but ≤$10 million	$4,588	Exempt
>$10 million	$6,308	Exempt
Hard copy lodgement (additional processing fee)	$95.50	Exempt

Assessment - planning

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Deemed-to-Satisfy (<_$10,000 development cost)	$151	Taxable
Deemed-to-Satisfy (>$10,000 development cost)	$250	Taxable
Performance Assessed	$299 or 0.125% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $200,000, whichever is greater	Exempt
Impact Assessed (Restricted) which is the division of land	$586
Impact Assessed (Restricted) any other case	0.25% of the total development cost up to $300,000, whichever is greater	Exempt
Impact Assessed (other than Restricted)	$2,091 plus 0.25% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $500,000	Exempt
Crown or Essential Infrastructure Development	$212 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	$299	Exempt
Urban Tree Fund	$533 for each replacement tree that is not planted on site	Exempt

Assessment - land division

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Deemed-to-Satisfy (with no public road)	$210 plus $19.10 per additional allotment over 4 lots	Taxable
Performance Assessed	$210 plus $19.10 per additional allotment over 4 lots	Exempt
Regulation 76 Advice	$240	Exempt
Certificate of Approval (Land Division Certificate)	$1,229	Exempt
Building Envelope Plan fee	$210 plus $19.10 per allotment delineated under the building envelope plan	Exempt
Publication of Building Envelope fee	$240	Exempt
Land Division (Restricted)	$586	Exempt

Assessment - building

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Building Assessment – Class 1 (typically houses)	$538 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 - $801 Total development cost greater than $20,000 up to an including $200,000 - $801 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 - $1,659 plus 0.25% of the amount determined by subtracting $200,000 from the total development cost Total development cost greater than $1M - $4,050 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)	$154 or 0.25% of the total development cost whichever is greater	Taxable
Building Assessment (Demolition)	$174	Taxable
Issue Essential Safety Provision (Class 2-9 commercial)	$287	Taxable
Change of Classification	$202	Taxable
Referral to Commission (Concurrence)	$412	Exempt
Referral to Commission (Opinion)	$412	Exempt

Retrospective approvals

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Where approval is sought after development has been undertaken	20% of the total consent fees payable, excluding the base amount (this is in addition to other fees that apply)

Compliance

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Certificate of Occupancy (to council or certifier)	$59.50	Taxable
Class 1 (e.g. houses) inspection (to council) per dwelling	$287	Exempt
Class 1 and 10 combined	$287
Swimming Pool or swimming pool safety features inspection (to council)	$287	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 - $95.50	Exempt
Classes 2-9 inspection (e.g. apartments, commercial buildings etc) (to council)	$287 or 0.075% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $2,988 whichever is the greater	Exempt

Post approval fees

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Minor Variation	$151	Exempt
Extension of Time for Restricted Development	$151	Exempt
Extension of Time for Impact Assessed Development	$10,000 for the first request, with the fee to be double the previously applicable fee for each subsequent request thereafter	Exempt
Extension of Time for Crown Development that is sponsored or undertaken in partnership or joint venture with a person or body that is not a state agency	$10,000 for the first request, with the fee to be double the previously applicable fee for each subsequent request thereafter	Exempt
Extension of Time for Crown Development in any other case	$151	Exempt
Extension of Time for Essential Infrastructure	$151	Exempt
Extension of Time for all other assessment pathways	$127	Exempt

Urban Tree Canopy

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Urban Tree Canopy - small tree 4 metre mature height	$533	Exempt
Urban Tree Canopy - medium tree 6 metre mature height	$1,065	Exempt
Urban Tree Canopy - large tree 12 metre mature height	$1,598	Exempt

Referral agency

Refer to the Ministerial fee notice (PDF, 237.4 KB) for all referral agency fees.

Outline consent

Refer to the Ministerial fee notice (PDF, 237.4 KB) for all outline consent fees.

Accredited Professionals

Fee name	PDI Act fee
Fee for accredited professionals acting in a private capacity to use the PlanSA portal to assess development applications	$54.50 per consent assessed in the preceding quarter