PART 2Amendment of the 2012 Fees Regulations
Amendment of regulation 9A (refund of fees in relation to planning applications not determined within 26 weeks)6
1
Regulation 9A is amended as follows.
2
In the heading, for “26 weeks” substitute “the relevant period”
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3
In paragraph (1), for “26 weeks of the date” to the end substitute “the relevant period”
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4
After paragraph (1) insert—
1A
For the purposes of paragraph (1), the relevant period is—
a
in the case of a valid application falling within article 34(2)(b) of the Development Management Procedure Order, 16 weeks beginning with the day immediately following the day on which the application is received by the local planning authority;
b
otherwise, the period of 26 weeks beginning with the date on which a valid application is received by the local planning authority or the Secretary of State (as the case may be).