Fees for applications for certificates of lawful use or development
12.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an application made to the council under section 169 or 170 of the 2011 Act shall be accompanied by a fee.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the council is satisfied that it relates solely to the carrying out of operations specified in regulation 4 for the purposes specified in that regulation.
(3) Subject to paragraph (6) the fee payable in respect of an application to which this regulation applies shall be—
(a)in the case of an application under section 169(1)(a) or (b) (or under both sub- paragraphs), the amount that would be payable in respect of an application for planning permission to institute the use or carry out the operations specified in the application (or an application to do both, as the case may be);
(b)in the case of an application under section 169(1)(c), £252;
(c)in the case of an application under section 170(1)(a) or (b)(or under both sub-paragraphs), half the amount that would be payable in respect of an application for planning permission to institute the use or carry out the operations specified in the application (or an application to do both, as the case may be).
(4) Where a use specified in an application under section 169(1)(a) is comprised of or includes a use as one or more separate dwellinghouses, the fee payable in respect of that application shall be £252 for each dwellinghouse subject to a maximum fee of £12,582 for the application.
(5) Where an application is made under section 169(1)(a) or (b) (or under both sub-paragraphs) and under section 169(1)(c), the fee payable shall be the sum of the fees that would have been payable if there had been an application under section 169(1)(a) or (b) (or under both sub-paragraphs, as the case may be) and a separate application under section 169 (1)(c).
(6) Any fee paid pursuant to this regulation shall be refunded if the application is rejected as invalidly made.