# The Steeple Renewables Project Order 2026, Paragraph 33: Fees


(1) Where an application is made to the local planning authority for written consent, agreement or approval in respect of a requirement, the fee prescribed under regulation 16(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 (as may be amended or replaced from time to time) is to apply and must be paid to the local planning authority for each application.
(2) 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 local planning authority failing to determine the application within ten weeks from the relevant date in paragraph 30(1) unless—
(i) within that period the undertaker agrees, in writing, that the fee is to be retained by the local 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 30(1) of this Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1086/schedule/2/paragraph/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/steeple-renewables-project-order-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-33
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