15.—(1) Where an application is made to a local planning authority under article 23 of the Development Management Procedure Order, a fee must be paid to that authority as follows—
(a)where the application relates to a permission for development which falls within category 6 or 7 specified in the table set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1, £30 for each application;
(b)in any other case, £95 for each application.
(2) Any fee paid under this regulation must be refunded if the local planning authority fail to determine the application within a period of 8 weeks from the expiry of the period for the giving of notice of a decision specified in article 23 of the Development Management Procedure Order.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where before the period mentioned in paragraph (2) has expired—
(a)the Welsh Ministers give a direction under section 77 of the 1990 Act in relation to the application;
(b)the applicant appeals to the Welsh Ministers under section 78(2) of the 1990 Act; or
(c)any person who is aggrieved by any decision of the local planning authority in relation to the application makes an application to the High Court.