# The Cottam Solar Project Order 2024, Paragraph 5: Fees

Extent: E+W

(1) Where an application is made to the relevant planning authority for a discharge, a fee is to apply and must be paid to the relevant planning authority for each application.
(2) The fee payable for each application under sub-paragraph (1) is as follows—
(a) a fee of £2,535 for the first application for the discharge of each of the requirements 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, and 21;
(b) a fee of £578 for each subsequent application for the discharge of each of the requirements listed in paragraph (a) and any application under requirement 5 in respect of the requirements listed in paragraph (a); and
(c) a fee of £145 for any application for the discharge of—
(i) any other requirements not listed in paragraph (a);
(ii) any application under requirement 3 in respect of requirements not listed in paragraph (a); and
(iii) any approval required by a document referred to by any requirement or a document approved pursuant to any requirement.
(3) Any fee paid under this Schedule must be refunded to the undertaker within four weeks of—
(a) the application being rejected as invalidly made; or
(b) the relevant planning authority failing to determine the application within the relevant period in paragraph 2(2) unless—
(i) within that period the undertaker agrees, in writing, that the fee is to be retained by the relevant planning authority and credited in respect of a future application; or
(ii) a longer period of time for determining the application has been agreed pursuant to paragraph 2(2) of this Schedule, as applicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/943/schedule/16/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cottam-solar-project-order-2024/schedule-16/paragraph-5
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