2.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1989(1) are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 1(2)(a) (application), insert —
“(aa)to requests for confirmation that a condition or conditions attached to a grant of planning permission has been complied with where the request is made on or after 6th April 2008;”.
(3) In regulation 10A (fees for applications for certificates of lawful use or development)—
(a)in paragraph (5)(b), for “£135” substitute “£170”;
(b)in paragraph (6)(a), for “£265” substitute “£335”; and
(c)in paragraph (6)(b)—
(i)for “£13,250” substitute “£16,565”, and
(ii)for “£50,000” substitute “£250,000”.
(4) In regulation 11A (fees for certain applications under the General Permitted Development Order)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(a), for “£50” substitute “£70”; and
(b)in paragraph (1)(b), for “£265” substitute “£335”.
(5) After regulation 11B (fees in respect of the monitoring of mining and landfill sites), insert —
11D.—(1) Where a request is made to a local planning authority for written confirmation of compliance with a condition or conditions attached to a grant of planning permission, a fee shall be paid to that authority as follows—
(a)where the request relates to a permission for development which falls within category 6 or 7(a) of Part 2 to Schedule 1, £25 for each request;
(b)where the request relates to a permission for development which falls within any other category of that Schedule, £85 for each request.
(2) Any fee paid under this regulation shall be refunded if the local planning authority fails to give the written confirmation requested within a period of twelve weeks from the date on which the authority received the request.”.
(6) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (general provisions)—
(a)in paragraphs 4(1) and 6(2), for “£265” substitute “£335”;
(b)in paragraphs 7 and 7A, for “£135” substitute “£170”;
(c)omit paragraph 7B;
(d)in paragraph 15(2)(a), for “£265”, substitute “£335”;
(e)in paragraph 15(2)(b)–
(i)for “£6,625” substitute “£8,285”; and
(ii)for “£25,000” substitute “£125,000”.
(7) For Part 2 of Schedule 1 (scale of fees), substitute the Part set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(8) For Schedule 2 (scale of fees for advertisement applications), substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.