Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration introduced a report on a review of the charges made for officers’ advice to developers and householders prior to the submission of planning applications, as well as the introduction of Planning Performance Agreements for major developments taking place in the Borough.

The Cabinet Member advised that the proposed new charges had been benchmarked against other local authority rates and the most recent data suggested that the proposed fee for the pre-application meeting with written response for Category A Strategic Developments should be set at a higher level than the £4,000 shown in the report.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree the planning pre-application charges, which include a new charge for home extensions and alterations, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report subject to the amendment of the fee in respect of Category A Strategic Developments for the pre-application meeting with written response, which shall be set at £6,000; and

(ii)  Authorise the Divisional Director of Regeneration to utilise Planning Performance Agreements for Major Developments and agree such terms and fees as he considers are an effective recompense for the Development Management services so employed.