Planning
C1C212Fees for planning applications
1
The appropriate Ministers may by regulations make provision about fees for relevant planning applications.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) 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;
f
make provision for the resolution of disputes.
3
Regulations under subsection (1) may—
a
make such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision as the appropriate Ministers think fit, and
b
make different provision for different cases.
4
The power to make regulations under subsection (1) 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 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (fees for planning applications) shall apply to a relevant planning application.
6
In this section—
“appropriate Ministers” means the Secretary of State for F1Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Secretary of State for Transport acting jointly;
“prescribed” means prescribed in regulations under subsection (1);
“relevant planning application” means a request for approval under the planning permission deemed by section 10(1) to be granted.