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, 208 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, 225 KB).

Fee types

Lodgement

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Total development cost (excluding fit-out ):
≤$10,000	$90	Exempt
>$10,000 but ≤$50,000	$144	Exempt
>$50,000 but ≤$100,000	$162	Exempt
>$100,000 but ≤$300,000	$171	Exempt
>$300,000 but ≤$500,000	$180	Exempt
>$500,000 but ≤$700,000	$414	Exempt
>$700,000 but ≤$1 million	$720	Exempt
>$1 million but ≤$5 million	$1,620	Exempt
>$5 million but ≤$10 million	$2,160	Exempt
>$10 million	$2,970	Exempt
Hard copy lodgement (additional processing fee)	$87	Exempt

Assessment - planning

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Deemed-to-Satisfy (<_$10,000 development cost)	$138	Taxable
Deemed-to-Satisfy (>$10,000 development cost)	$228	Taxable
Performance Assessed	$272 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)	$1,906 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	$193 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	$272	Exempt
Urban Tree Fund	$163 for each replacement tree that is not planted on site	Exempt

Assessment - land division

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Assessment (4 or less lots with no public road)	$191	Exempt
Assessment (5 or more lots and/or a public road) (fee to council)	$191, plus $17.40 per additional allotment	Exempt
Regulation 76 Advice	$218	Exempt
Certificate of Approval (Land Division Certificate)	$1,120	Exempt
Building Envelope Plan fee	$191 plus $17.40 per allotment delineated under the building envelope plan	Exempt
Publication of Building Envelope fee	$218	Exempt
Land Division (Restricted)	$534	Exempt

Assessment - building

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Building Assessment – Class 1 (typically houses)	$490 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 - $730 Total development cost greater than $20,000 up to an including $200,000 - $730 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 - $1,513 plus 0.25% of the amount determined by subtracting $200,000 from the total development cost Total development cost greater than $1M - $3,692 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)	$141 or 0.25% of the total development cost whichever is greater	Taxable
Building Assessment (Demolition)	$158	Taxable
Issue Essential Safety Provision (Class 2-9 commercial)	$262	Taxable
Change of Classification	$184	Taxable
Referral to Commission (Concurrence)	$376	Exempt
Referral to Commission (Opinion)	$376	Exempt

Compliance

Fee name	PDI Act fee	Tax status
Certificate of Occupancy (to council or certifier)	$54.50	Taxable
Class 1 (e.g. houses) inspection (to council)	$262	Exempt
Swimming Pool or swimming pool safety features inspection (to council)	$262	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 - $87	Exempt
Classes 2-9 inspection (e.g. apartments, commercial buildings etc.) (to council)	$262 or 0.075% of the total development cost up to a maximum of $2,724 whichever is the greater	Exempt

Urban Tree Canopy

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

Referral agency

Refer to the Ministerial fee notice for all referral agency fees.

Outline consent

Refer to the Ministerial fee notice 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	$50 per consent assessed in the preceding quarter