Fees for planning applications
3.—(1) Subject to regulations 4 to 8, where an application is made to a local planning authority for planning permission for the development of land or for the approval of reserved matters, a fee must be paid to that authority.
(2) The fee payable in respect of the application is calculated in accordance with Schedule 1.
(3) Where a fee is payable in respect of an application, the fee must be paid to the local planning authority with whom the application is lodged and must accompany the application.
(4) Where the local planning authority who receive the fee in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3) are not the local planning authority who have to determine the application, they must remit the fee to that authority at the same time as they forward the application to them.
(5) Any fee paid pursuant to this regulation must be refunded if the application is rejected as invalid.