Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1991.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which they are made.

Application and interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations “the 1989 Regulations” means the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1989(1).

(2) These Regulations apply—

(a)to applications referred to in regulation 1(2)(a), (b), (bb) or (c) of the 1989 Regulations made on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force;

(b)to applications referred to in regulation 1(2)(d) or (e) of the 1989 Regulations deemed to have been made in connection with an enforcement notice issued, or, as the case may be, an application for an established use certificate made, on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.

General increase in fees

3.—(1) In Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Regulations—

(a)in paragraphs 4(1) and 6(2), for “£92” substitute “£110”;

(b)in paragraph 7, for “£46” substitute “£55”;

(c)in paragraph 11, for “£92” substitute “£110”; and

(d)in paragraph 15(2), for “£92” substitute “£110”, and for “£2,300” substitute “£2,760”.

(2) For Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Regulations (scale of fees) substitute the new Part II set out in Schedule 1 hereto.

(3) For Schedule 2 to the 1989 Regulations (scale of fees for advertisement applications) substitute the new Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 hereto.

Miscellaneous amendments

4.  The 1989 Regulations shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in Schedule 3 hereto.

Revocation

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), regulations 2 and 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1990(2) are hereby revoked.

(2) The Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect in relation to applications referred to in regulation 1(2)(d) or (e) of the 1989 Regulations deemed to have been made in connection with an enforcement notice issued, or, as the case may be, an application for an established use certificate made, before the date on which these Regulations come into force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

G. S. K. Young

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

2nd December 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

5th December 1991