The High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) (Fees for Requests for Planning Approval) Regulations 2021

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 2 Table of fees payable

(1)	(2)
Category of development for which approval is sought	Fee payable
1. Plans and specifications for the following works
A
(i) Building works – the erection, construction, alteration or extension of a building, other than a temporary building and excluding anything in C below.	(a) where no gross floor space is to be created by the development, £195; (b) where the area of the gross floor space to be created by the development does not exceed 40 square metres, £195; (c) where the area of gross floor space to be created by the development exceeds 40 square metres but does not exceed 75 square metres, £385; (d) where the area of gross floor space to be created by the development exceeds 75 square metres but does not exceed 3750 square metres £385 for each 75 square metres or part thereof of that area; (e) where the area of gross floor space to be created by the development exceeds 3750 square metres, £19,049; and an additional £115 for each 75 square metres or part thereof subject to a maximum of £250,000.
(ii) Fences and walls – the erection, alteration or extension of any fence or wall (other than sight, noise or dust screens).
(iii) Sight, noise or dust screens – the erection, alteration or extension of any fences, walls or other barriers (including bunds) for visual or noise screening and dust suppression.
(iv) Artificial lighting equipment – the erection, alteration, extension or installation of lighting equipment.
B Road vehicle park – does not include anything that is not a building.	£195.
C Earthworks – the erection, alteration or extension of any terracing, cuttings, embankments or other earth works	£195 for each 0.1 hectares or part thereof of the site, subject to a maximum of £1,690.
D
(i) Telecommunication masts or pedestrian access to the railway line.	£195.
(ii) Transformers.	The criteria in (a) to (e) in category 1A apply for the calculation of the fee.
2. Matters ancillary to development
A. Handling of re-useable spoil or top soil – handling during removal, storage and re-use of any spoil or top soil removed during the course of carrying out the development.	£195.
B. Storage sites – sites on land within the Act limits at which materials are to be stored until used or re-used in carrying out the development or disposal as waste.	£195.
C. Construction camps – sites on land within the Act limits which are to be used for the residential accommodation of persons engaged in carrying out the development.	£195.
D. Works screening – the provision where necessary on land within the Act limits of any screening for working sites on such land required for the purpose of carrying out the development.	£195.
E. Artificial lighting – the use of artificial lighting on land within the Act limits for the purpose of carrying out the development.	£195.
F. Dust Suppression – the suppression caused by construction operations carried out on land within the Act limits for the purpose of carrying out the development.	£195.
G. Road mud control measures – the measures to be taken on land within the Act limits to prevent or reduce the carrying of mud on to any public highway as a result if carrying out the development.	£195.
3. Road Transport
Arrangements concerning road transport – the arrangements regarding the routes by which anything is to be transported on a highway by a large goods vehicle(1) to a working or storage site; a site where it will be re-used; or a waste disposal site.	£195.
4. Waste and spoil disposal and excavations
The development to the extent it consists of waste and spoil disposal or the excavation of bulk materials from borrow pits.	£195 for each 0.1 hectares or part thereof of the site area, subject to a maximum of £29,112.
5. Bringing scheduled works or deposits into use
Arrangements for bringing into use scheduled works and depots.	£195.
6. Mitigation Schemes
Measures to mitigate the effect of the work or its operation on the local environment or local amenity (see paragraph 9(4)(b) of the Schedule).	£195.
7. Site restoration schemes
A site restoration scheme.	£195.
8. Additional details
A request for approval of additional details where that approval is required under paragraph 2(3), 3(4) or 7(4) of the Schedule.	£97.
9. Non-material changes
The request for a non-material change of any approval (paragraph 21 of the Schedule).	£195.

(1)

See paragraph 6(7) of Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Act 2021 where this term is defined.