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, 284 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, 210 KB).

Fee types

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Tax status
Total development cost (excluding fit-out ):  
≤$10,000$92.50Exempt
>$10,000 but ≤$50,000$148Exempt
>$50,000 but ≤$100,000$167Exempt
>$100,000 but ≤$300,000$176Exempt
>$300,000 but ≤$500,000$185Exempt
>$500,000 but ≤$700,000$426Exempt
>$700,000 but ≤$1 million$742Exempt
>$1 million but ≤$5 million$1,669Exempt
>$5 million but ≤$10 million$2,225Exempt
>$10 million$3,059Exempt
Hard copy lodgement (additional processing fee)$89.50Exempt

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Tax status

Deemed-to-Satisfy (<_$10,000 development cost)

$142

Taxable

Deemed-to-Satisfy (>$10,000 development cost)

$235

Taxable

Performance Assessed

$280 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)

$1,963 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

$199 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

$280

Exempt

Urban Tree Fund $500 for each replacement tree that is not planted on site Exempt

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Tax status

Assessment (4 or less lots with no public road)

$197

Exempt

Assessment (5 or more lots and/or a public road) (fee to council)

$197, plus $17.90 per additional allotment

Exempt

Regulation 76 Advice

$225

Exempt

Certificate of Approval (Land Division Certificate)

$1,154

Exempt

Building Envelope Plan fee

$197 plus $17.90 per allotment delineated under the building envelope plan

Exempt

Publication of Building Envelope fee

$225

Exempt

Land Division (Restricted)

$550

Exempt

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Tax status

Building Assessment – Class 1 (typically houses)

$505 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 - $752
  • Total development cost greater than $20,000 up to an including $200,000 - $752 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 - $1,558 plus 0.25% of the amount determined by subtracting $200,000 from the total development cost
  • Total development cost greater than $1M - $3,803 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)

$145 or 0.25% of the total development cost whichever is greater

Taxable

Building Assessment (Demolition)

$163

Taxable

Issue Essential Safety Provision (Class 2-9 commercial)

$270

Taxable

Change of Classification

$190

Taxable

Referral to Commission (Concurrence)

$387

Exempt

Referral to Commission (Opinion)

$387

Exempt

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)

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Tax status

Certificate of Occupancy (to council or certifier)

$56

Taxable

Class 1 (e.g. houses) inspection (to council)

$270

Exempt

Swimming Pool or swimming pool safety features inspection (to council)

$270

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 - $89.50

Exempt

Classes 2-9 inspection (e.g. apartments, commercial buildings etc.) (to council)

$270 or 0.075% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $2,806 whichever is the greater

Exempt

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Tax status

Minor Variation

$142

Exempt

Extension of Time for Restricted Development

$142

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

$142

Exempt

Extension of Time for Essential Infrastructure

$142

Exempt

Extension of Time for all other assessment pathways

$119

Exempt

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Tax status

Urban Tree Canopy - small tree 4 metre mature height

$500

Exempt

Urban Tree Canopy - medium tree 6 metre mature height

$1000

Exempt

Urban Tree Canopy - large tree 12 metre mature height

$1,500

Exempt

Refer to the Ministerial fee notice (PDF, 284 KB) for all referral agency fees.

Refer to the Ministerial fee notice for all outline consent fees.

Fee name

PDI Act fee

Fee for accredited professionals acting in a private capacity to use the PlanSA portal to assess development applications

$51.50 per consent assessed in the preceding quarter