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The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications and Site Visits) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Jurisdiction: Wales
Commencement: 24th August 2020
Amends: The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications and Site Visits) (Wales) Regulations 2015
Mini Summary
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications and Site Visits) (Wales) Regulations 2015 detail the payment of fees to local planning authorities in relation to applications for planning permission, application for a certificate of lawful use or development, applications for consent for the display of advertisements and certain other applications.
Amendment
These Regulations increase fees for the following by approximately 20%:
- Applications for certificates of lawful use of development;
- Certain applications under the General Permitted Development Order;
- The monitoring of mining and landfill sites;
- Applications made under planning condition;
- Applications for non-material changes to planning permission;
- Post submission amendments to major development applications; and
- Planning applications and deemed applications in particular cases.
A more detailed breakdown of the increases can be found below.
New fees are introduced for applications for certificates of appropriate alternative development.
Fees relating to applications for certificates of lawful use of development
The fee for applications for certificates of lawful use or development has increased from £190 to £230.
Where the use specified in an application is 50 or fewer dwellinghouses, the fee has increased from £380 to £460 for each dwellinghouse.
Where the use specified in an application is more than 50 dwellinghouses, the fee has increased from £19,000 to £23,000 plus an additional £120 for each dwellinghouse in excess of 50, subject to a maximum total of £300,000.
Fees relating to certain applications under the General Permitted Development Order
The fee for an application under Part 6 (Agricultural Building and Operations), Part 7 (Forestry Building Operations) or Part 31 (Demolitions of Buildings) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (“the 1995 Order”) have been increased from £80 to £100.
The fee for an application under Part 24 (Development by Telecommunications Code System Operators) of the 1995 order has been increased from £380 to £460.
Fees relating to the monitoring of mining and landfill sites
The fee for a site visit where the whole or part of the location is an active site has increased from £330 to £400.
The fee for a site visit where the whole site is inactive has increased from £110 to £135.
Fees relating to applications made under planning condition
The fee for an application made under Article 23 of the The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 has increased:
- From £30 to £35 per application where it relates to a permission for development which falls within Category 6 (The enlargement, improvement or other alteration of existing dwellinghouses) or Category 7 (Operations within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse or the construction of car parks and service roads); and
- From £95 to £115 in any other case.
Fees relating to the applications for non-material changes to planning permission
The fee for an application for non-material changes to planning permission under section 96A(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 has increased:
- From £30 to £35 if the application is a householder application; and
- From £95 to £115 in any other case.
Fees relating to post submission amendments to major development applications
The fee for an amendment to a valid application for a major development that has been submitted to a local planning authority has increased from £190 to £230.
Fees relating to planning applications and deemed applications in particular cases
The various fees for planning applications and deemed applications in specific cases (found in Part 1 of Schedule 1) have been also been increased by approximately 20%.
The addition of fees relating to applications for certificates of appropriate alternative development
A fee of £230 is introduced for applications made for a certificate of appropriate alternative development under section 17 of the Land Compensation Act 1961. The fee is reduced to £115 if made by or on behalf of a community council.
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