The Bird Aware Solent Revised Strategy uses a sliding scale to calculate the SRMS contribution for new residential development built within 5.6km of the coastline. The contribution is calculated on the number of bedrooms per individual dwelling.
Table A below provides details of the 2025/26 rates applicable to permissions granted on or after 1 April 2025 (they will increase on 1 April 2026). There is also a flat rate applying to other types of overnight accommodation.
Table A
| Number of bedrooms |
Amount |
5% monitoring fee |
Administration fee |
Total |
| 1 |
£482 |
£24.10 |
£25 |
£531.10 |
| 2 |
£696 |
£34.80 |
£25 |
£755.80 |
| 3 |
£907 |
£45.35 |
£25 |
£977.35 |
| 4 |
£1067 |
£53.25 |
£25 |
£1,145.25 |
| 5+ |
£1251 |
£62.55 |
£25 |
£1,338.55 |
Table A: Bird Aware Solent Revised Strategy Payment 1 April 2025
Table A Example
A development of 4 dwellings comprising 2no. 2 bedroom dwellings and 2no. 3 bedroom dwellings would be calculated as follows:
| 2 x £696 = |
£1,392.00 |
| 2 x £907 = |
£1,814.00 |
| Subtotal: |
£3,206.00 |
| 5% monitoring fee |
£160.30 |
| Admin fee |
£25.00 |
| Total: |
£3,391.20 |
The financial contribution must be secured by a legal agreement confirming that the above financial contribution will be paid. This legal agreement will either be included within the S106 agreement or, for smaller schemes, collected via a Unilateral Undertaking (UU). In the case of UU, payments must be made before permission is granted or in the case of Prior Approval applications prior to work commencing, although in this case we would encourage applicants to complete a UU in advance of the decision.
Where planning permission is refused, and the financial contribution has been paid in advance of the grant of permission, the council will endeavour to refund the contribution (less the admin fee and a charge of £100 for processing the transaction) after the expiration of the six months following the Council’s decision to refuse permission.
