26.—(1) Where an application is made to a relevant planning authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement, the fee for the discharge of conditions attached to a planning permission contained in regulation 16(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012(1) (as may be replaced from time to time) is to apply and must be paid to the relevant planning authority for each application.
(2) Any fee paid under this Schedule must be refunded to the undertaker within a period of 35 days of—
(a)the application being rejected as invalidly made; or
(b)the relevant planning authority fails to determine the application within a period of 8 weeks from the date on which it is received, unless within that period the undertaker agrees in writing that the fee may be retained by the relevant planning authority and credited in respect of a future application; or
(c)a longer period where a longer time for determining the application has been agreed pursuant to paragraph 25(1)(c).
S.I. 2012/2920, as amended by S.I. 2017/1314. There are other amendments to the Regulations that are not relevant to this Order.