Legal services fees and charges
Fees and charges for Legal services, 2025 to 2026.
VAT key
- SR = Standard Rated
- E = Exempt
- NB = Non Business / Outside Scope
- Z = Zero Rated
Planning matters
| Service | Net | VAT | Total 2025 / 2026 |
VAT rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section 106 agreements | £1389.15 | £0.00 | £1389.15 | NB |
| Deeds of Variation/Modification | £1158.15 | £0.00 | £1158.15 | NB |
| Stopping up/diversion orders (non-contentious only ) | £695.10 | £0.00 | £695.10 | NB |
Contracts
| Service | Net | VAT | Total 2025 / 2026 |
VAT rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deeds of Variation and/or Novation | £462.88 | £92.58 | £555.45 | SR |
| Sealing and administration fee | £119.00 | £23.80 | £142.80 | SR |
| All other contracts for third party matters | £462.88 | £92.58 | £555.45 | SR |
| Sealing and administration fee | £119.00 | £23.80 | £142.80 | SR |
VAT key
- SR = Standard Rated
- E = Exempt
- NB = Non Business / Outside Scope
- Z = Zero Rated
Disbursements
All disbursements will be charged for in the usual way and will include (but are not limited to) :
- counsel's fees
- enquiry agents and process servers fees
- expert's fees
- advertising costs
- court fees
- photocopying charges - Copying charges for third parties (unless bound by statutory provision) are discretionary dependent upon the number of pages copied and whether any large or complex plans are included.
As a guide - each A4 sheet will incur a copy charge of 0.10 pence. Other sizes or specialised requests will vary.
Information sent via CDR / DVDR will be charged at £3 per disc. Postage charges for all items will be at the prevailing Royal Mail rate based on the weight of the item posted.