# The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the regulations)
These regulations further amend the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1983.
The main change is that fees currently payable under the 1983 Regulations on planning applications are increased by two stages. The table in regulation 2 sets out the main figures and the increased figures. A replacement fee schedule set out in Schedule 2 shows most of the fees chargeable from 1st July 1987.
Two new fee categories are introduced. A new paragraph 5A is added to Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1983 regulations to provide for a standard fee of £30 (increasing to £33 on 1st July 1987) for applications under section 31A of the 1971 Act (change of conditions). A distinct fee category is introduced in paragraph 7A for planning permission connected with oil or natural gas exploration. The fee will be £60 for each 0.1 hectare of the site up to a maximum of £4,500, with an increase on 1st July 1987 in line with similar fees. Without specific provision, the fee would initially have been £30 for each 0.1 hectare subject to a maximum of £300.
Schedule 1 also sets out other miscellaneous amendments to the 1983 regulations. These provide for the refund of fees where an application is invalid (paragraphs 1 and 4) or where it is connected with an enforcement notice which is found to be invalid (paragraph 3). They also exempt from fee applications to consolidate existing permissions for mineral operations (paragraph 2) and applications to display advertisements occasioned by the withdrawal of deemed consent (paragraph 4). Account is also taken of the impact of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) on planning responsibilities in a case where a site is in the area of two authorities (paragraph 6) and the provision for reduced fees on successive applications for approval of reserved matters is revised to take account of fee increases (paragraph 5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/101/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-fees-for-applications-and-deemed-applications-amendment-regulations-1987/note
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