Decision details

Upon the invitation of the Chair, the Planning Team Leader presented his report to the Committee and confirmed that the service had been reviewed in 2018 and was now being reviewed again particularly with regards to fees. He explained that by using this service, applicants gave the Council a good idea about what projects were coming up in the District and that the Council could influence applications at early stage.

The recommendations were then proposed and seconded.

The Committee

RESOLVED that

1.             The pre-application planning advice fees be amended in accordance with the attached report;

2.             The fee schedule to be implemented on 1 September 2021 after this report is agreed to allow notification to planning agents, changes to the web etc;

3.             The pre-application advice fees be reviewed 2 years from the date of the changes agreed by this report being implemented.