Received a report from the Corporate Director of Resources regarding proposals to introduce charges for the advice given to applicants prior to the submission of a planning application.
Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priority of ‘Developing Rights and Responsibilities with the Local Community’ to the approval of the principle of pre-application charging, following consultation with users of the service on the basis of the following charges exclusive of VAT effective from 1 June 2009.
Pre-application Planning Advice
(i) Category A –Major Scale Development - £1,500 – Follow up meetings £750.
100 + residential units
Non residential applications with a floorspace of over 5,000m2
Changes of use over 5,000m2
Development of a site over 0.5 hectare or over;
(ii) Category B – Large Scale Development - £750 – Follow up meetings £375
10-99 residential units
Non residential applications with a floorspace 1,000m2 - 4,999m2
Changes of use 1,000m2 – 4999m2
Development of sites up to 0.49 hectare;
Developments requiring an environmental impact assessment or traffic impact assessment
(iii) Category C – Medium Scale Development - £400 – Follow up meetings £200.
2-9 residential units
Non residential applications or changes of use with a floorspace of 100m2-999m2; and
(iv) Category D – Small Scale Development - £150
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New Telecoms installation
Flat conversions
Single new houses
Change of use within shopping parades and other retail areas
There will be no charge for pre application planning advice on householder applications, or other minor developments such as small changes of use (excluding those in Category A above) shop fronts, small commercial floorspace extensions or enforcement cases.
These charges will not apply to applications submitted by the Local Authority.