The Licensing of Relevant Permanent Sites (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Fees

6.—(1) The matters that a local authority is to take into account when fixing a fee for a relevant permanent site application are the expenses that the authority reasonably expects to incur in relation to—

(a) receiving, logging and storing an application and any further related information given to the authority;

(b) checking an application;

(c) requesting further information and checking that information once received;

(d) arranging any appointment and attending any meeting required in relation to an application;

(e) checking that an applicant is entitled to the benefit of planning permission for the use of the land as a relevant permanent site otherwise than by a development order;

(f) satisfying itself that the persons mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) or (2)(b) of section 32D to the Act are fit and proper persons;

(g) carrying out any risk assessment of the site that the authority considers necessary;

(h) carrying out a single inspection of a site in connection with an application, including the cost of travelling to and from a site;

(i) drafting, revising and finalising a licence;

(j) deciding whether to issue or refuse a licence and informing an applicant of a decision; and

(k) considering any representations made in accordance with section 32D(4)(b) of the Act.

(2) The expenses in paragraph (1) include in particular the costs of obtaining expert advice (including legal advice).