The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2) In these Regulations “the 1989 Regulations” means the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1989(1).

(3) These Regulations extend to England only.

General increase in fees

2.—(1) In regulation 10A of the 1989 Regulations(2)—

(a) in paragraph (5)(b), for “£95” substitute “£110”; and

(b) in paragraph (6), for “£190” substitute “£220”, and for “£9,500” substitute “£11,000”.

(2) In regulation 11A of the 1989 Regulations(3)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “£35” substitute “£40”; and

(b) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£190” substitute “£220”.

(3) In Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Regulations—

(a) in paragraphs 4(1) and 6(2), for “£190” substitute “£220”;

(b) in paragraphs 7, 7A(4) and 7B(5), for “£95” substitute “£110”; and

(c) in paragraph 15(2), for “£190” substitute “£220” and for “£4,750” substitute “£5,500”.

(4) For Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Regulations (scale of fees), substitute the new Part II set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(5) For Schedule 2 to the 1989 Regulations (scale of fees for advertisement applications), substitute the new Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Revocation

3.  Regulations 2 and 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1997(6) are hereby revoked in relation to England.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Falconer

Minister of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

20th March 2002