Fee Calculator

The Pinelands Commission requires fees for reviewing development applications. All application fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable. We recommend that you use the Fee Calculator to determine your application fee.

All application fees (checks or money orders) can either be paid online by clicking HERE or mailed to the Pinelands Commission, P.O. Box 359, New Lisbon, NJ, 08064.

Fee Schedule by Development Types

The Commission's fee schedule by proposed development type is summarized below.

Minimum development application fee = $250

Maximum development application fee = $50,000, except those to resolve an identified violation

See Special Circumstances (below) for additional maximum fees for specific organizations and for additional calculations to apply to the application fee.

The total application fee = the result of the total calculation for each development type + the formula(s) for special circumstances (if applicable).

Fee Questions? Contact Regulatory Programs Staff at (609) 894-7300 or AppInfo@pinelands.nj.gov.

New dwelling units or lots; Resubdivisions

• 1 – 4 dwelling units/lots: $250 per dwelling unit/lot
• 5 – 50 units/lots: $1,000 + $281.25 per unit/lot for units/lots 5 – 50
• 51 – 150 units/lots: $13,937.50 + $156.25 per unit/lot for units/lots 51 – 150
• 151 units/lots and more: $29,562.50 + $125 per unit/lot for units/lots 151+

Demolition of any structure that is 50 years old or older

• $250

Change of use with no further development (not served by public sanitary sewer)

• $250

Commercial, institutional, industrial, or other non-residential development

• $0 - $500,000 construction costs: 1.25% of construction costs or $250 minimum
• $500,001 - $1,000,000 construction costs: $6,250 + 1% of amount between $500,001 and $1,000,000
• $1,000,001 and higher construction costs: $11,250 + ¾% of amount over $1,000,000

Linear development (roads, utilities, etc.; does not include bridges)

• $187.50 per acre of all land included in the right-of-way (ROW) + $187.50 per acre of all land outside of the ROW to be disturbed as part of the development

Forestry

• $6.25 per acre subject of forestry activities

Golf courses

• $187.50 per acre devoted to golf course facility

Resource extraction; Mining

• $1,875 plus $37.50 per acre to be mined within each permit period

Solar energy facilities

• $1,500 plus $500 per acre to be developed, including off-site development

Wells or water allocation increases in Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer subject to N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.86(d)

(new diversion/allocation increase resulting in a total diversion of ≥ 50,000 gallons/day)

• $6,000 application fee + $25,000 escrow due to complexity and need for specialized expertise of outside agency(s) to assist with Commission review

All other wells or allocation increases not subject to N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.86(d)

• Calculated based on construction costs.  See fee calculation for “commercial, institutional, industrial, and other non-residential development” above.

Special Circumstances

Public development (development proposed by a public agency)

• 50% of the fee calculated based on development type
• Maximum fee of $25,000

Religious association or corporation or non-profit organization which is exempt from Federal Income Taxation under Sections 501(c)3 or (d) of the Internal Revenue Code. This does not apply to organizations that are solely exempt from State Taxation.

• Maximum fee of $500

Review of any study/survey (cultural, threatened/endangered species, etc.) prior to submission of development application

• 1/3 of the fee calculated based on development type, with remainder due at time of application submission

Non-residential development proposing to use an alternate design septic system

• $3,125 plus the fee calculated based on development type

General Development Plan (GDP)

• 50% of the estimated application fee calculated based on development type, with the remainder due upon submission of subsequent applications for individual phases of the development

Application for a Waiver of Strict Compliance*

(based on extraordinary hardship, typically for one single family dwelling)

• $250 plus the fee calculated based on the development type

*No fee for applications submitted to demonstrate eligibility for the Limited Practical Use (LPU) program

Resolution of an Identified Violation*

• Minor development (1-4 dwelling units/lots or less than or equal to 5,000 square feet of total disturbance/clearing) - $500 plus the fee calculated based on development type
• Major development (5+ dwelling units/lots, more than 5,000 square feet of total disturbance/clearing) - $1,000 plus the fee calculated based on development type

*Note that the $500/$25,000/$50,000 maximum does not apply where an increased fee is required to resolve an identified violation 

Non-PDC Letters of Interpretation (LOIs)

Presence/Absence of Wetlands or Wetlands Buffers

• $1,000

Extent of Wetlands and/or a Determination on the required Wetlands Buffer

• $1,000 + $100 per acre of the parcel

All other non-PDC LOIs

• $500

See the Application for a Letter of Interpretation (LOI) for Pinelands Develpment Credits (PDC) for information on fees for PDC LOI Applications.