Part I The Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Planning and heritage
11 Fees for planning applications.
1
The F1Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about fees for relevant planning applications.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) above may, in particular—
a
make provision for the payment to the authority to which a relevant planning application is made of a fee of a prescribed amount,
b
make provision for the remission or refunding of a prescribed fee (in whole or part) in prescribed circumstances,
c
make provision for a prescribed fee to be treated as paid in prescribed circumstances,
d
make provision about the time for payment of a prescribed fee,
e
make provision about the consequences of non-payment of a prescribed fee, including provision for the termination of the application concerned or any appeal against its refusal, and
f
make provision for the resolution of disputes.
3
Regulations under subsection (1) above may—
a
make such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision as the F2Secretary of State thinks fit, and
b
make different provision for different cases.
4
The power to make regulations under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
5
Nothing in regulations under section 303 of the M1Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (fees for planning applications) shall apply to a relevant planning application.
6
In this section—
F3. . .
“prescribed” means prescribed in regulations under subsection (1) above; and
“relevant planning application” means a request for approval under the planning permission deemed by section 9(1) above to be granted.