Fees for certain applications under the General Permitted Development Order14

1

M1Where an application is made to a local planning authority for their determination as to whether the prior approval of the authority will be required in relation to development under Schedule 2 to the General Permitted Development Order (permitted development) a fee shall be paid to that authority of the following amounts—

F2za

for an application under any Part of that Schedule relating to development which involves the making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land, except for an application under Part 4 (temporary buildings and uses), F16£120;

F3zab

for an application under Part 1 of that Schedule relating to development permitted by Class A of that Part (enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse) which exceeds the limits in paragraph A.1(f) of that Class but is allowed by paragraph A.1(g), F17£120;

F8zac

for an application under Part 1 of that Schedule relating to development permitted by Class AA of that Part (enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys), F21£120;

zb

F9subject to sub-paragraph (zc), for an application under Part 3 of that Schedule relating to development consisting of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land and building operations in connection with that change of use, F18£258;

F10zc

for an application under Part 3 of that Schedule relating to development permitted by Class MA of that Part (commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses), for each proposed dwellinghouse, F22£125;

a

for an application under Parts 4 (temporary buildings and uses), 6 (agricultural and forestry), 7 (non-domestic extensions, alterations etc), 11 (heritage and demolition) or 14 (renewable energy) of that Schedule, F19£120; F6...

F11aa

for an application under Part 7 of that Schedule relating to development permitted by Class M of that Part (extensions etc for schools, colleges, universities, prisons and hospitals), where the application relates to the erection, extension or alteration of a university building, F23£120;

b

for an application under Part 16 of that Schedule (communications), F24£578F7; F25...

F15ba

for an application under Part 19 of that Schedule (development by the Crown or for national security purposes), £120; and

c

for an application under Part 20 (construction of new dwellinghouses) of that Schedule—

F20i

where the number of new dwellinghouses proposed by the development as specified in the written statement accompanying the application is fewer than 10, £418 for each new dwellinghouse;

ii

where the number of new dwellinghouses proposed by the development as specified in the written statement accompanying the application is at least 10 but no more than 50, £451 for each new dwellinghouse;

iii

where the number of new dwellinghouses proposed by the development as specified in the written statement accompanying the application is more than 50, £22,309, and an additional £135 for each dwellinghouse in excess of 50, subject to a maximum in total of £405,000.

F141ZA

Paragraph (1) is subject to regulation 18A.

F11A

This regulation shall not apply to impose a fee in relation to an application of a type described in paragraph (1)(za) F4, F12(zab), (zac), (zb) or (zc) (“the approval application”) where—

a

a fee is payable under these Regulations for an application for planning permission made in respect of proposals for development of a site which includes buildings or other land which are the subject of the approval application, and

b

that application for planning permission is made on the same date and by or on behalf of the same applicant as the approval application.

F51B

This regulation shall not apply to impose a fee in relation to an application of a type described in paragraph (1)(zab) F13or (zac) (“the approval application”) where the local planning authority to whom the approval application is made are satisfied that the application relates solely to operations referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of regulation 4(1).

F261C

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F261D

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F261E

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2

Where the local planning authority who receive the fee in accordance with this regulation—

a

are not the local planning authority who have to determine the application; and

b

forward the application to that authority,

they shall remit the fee to that authority at the same time as they forward the application to them.

3

Any fee paid pursuant to this regulation shall be refunded if the application is rejected as invalid.