"Planning" Magazine report that:
In July, the then planning minister Greg Clark announced
"one-off adjustment to up-rate fees in line with inflation, amounting to
around 15% since 2008". The announcement stopped short of previous
consultation proposals to allow local authorities to set their own planning
fees.
In a letter to chief planning officers this week, DCLG chief
planner Steve Quartermain said the changes would come into force on 22
November.
Along with the rise, the letter said the department had
"introduced a small number of new fees as a result of changes to primary
legislation".
These include applications for urgent crown development and
certificates of appropriate alternative development.
The letter adds that
an amendment has also been made to allow for fees in respect of deemed
applications, relating to permitted development, "to be paid in full to
the local planning authority rather than half to the local planning authority
and half to the secretary of state. This does not change in anyway the fee to
be paid, but it does mean that authorities will benefit from receiving the
whole fee".
Sadly as I write the appalling new GOV.UK website does not
have the letter available for reference yet but I will post this as and when it
is available.
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