(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (“the Fees Regulations”).
Regulation 3 amends regulation 1 of the Fees Regulations to apply the Fees Regulations to the recovery of costs related to the preparation of processing agreements and related to the making or alteration of masterplan consent area schemes and to applications for approval, consent or agreement required by a condition specified in a masterplan consent area scheme. Regulation 4 inserts a definition of “processing agreement” into regulation 2 of the Fees Regulations.
Regulation 5 amends regulation 3 of the Fees Regulations to increase the planning application fees for the consent for the display for advertisements under regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 and for an application to develop land without complying with previous conditions.
Regulation 6 amends regulation 4 of the Fees Regulations to enable a planning authority to charge fees in relation to the preparation of a processing agreement. Regulation 7 amends the Fees Regulations to insert new regulation 4A which enables a planning authority to charge fees for the making or alteration of masterplan consent area schemes and in respect of applications for approval, consent or agreement required by a condition specified in a masterplan consent area scheme.
Regulation 8(a) inserts a new paragraph 6A into Part 1 of schedule 1 to set a maximum fee for certain applications for planning permission in principle granted on or after 1 April 2022 and before 2 December 2024.
Regulation 8(b) amends Part 2 of schedule 1 to increase the planning application fees for applications for the provision of facilities for sport or recreation and applications for approval, consent or agreement required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission in principle.
Regulation 8(c) also makes changes to planning application fees. It substitutes new tables for those in Part 3 of schedule 1 of the Fees Regulations.
Regulation 9 amends the Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to increase fees for applications made under those Regulations.