The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014

Fees further to requirements

3.—(1) Where an application is made to the discharging authority for written consent, agreement or approval in respect of a requirement, a fee shall be paid to that authority as follows—

(a) fees shall be calculated in accordance with the following table—

Category 1

The erection of buildings— (i) where no floor space is to be created by the development, £170; (ii) where the area of gross floor space to be created by the development does not exceed 40 metres, £170; (iii) where the area of the gross floor space to be created by the development exceeds 40 square metres, but does not exceed 75 square metres, £335; (iv) where the area of the gross floor space to be created by the development exceeds 75 square metres, but does not exceed 3750 square metres, £335 for each 75 square metres of that area; (v) where the area of gross floor space to be created by the development exceeds 3750 square metres, £16,565; and an additional £100 for each 75 square metres

Category 2

The carrying out of any operations not coming within Category 1, £170 for each 0.1 hectare of the site area, subject to a maximum £1,690

(b) where an application is made for discharge of a requirement (“current application”) in respect of which an application has been made previously, the fee payable in respect of the current application shall be £335.

(2) For the purpose of the calculation of fees pursuant to sub-paragraph 3(1)(a)—

(a) the area shall be taken as consisting of the area of land to which the application relates;

(b) where the application relates to development within Category 1, the area of gross floor space created by the development shall be ascertained by external measurement of the floor space, whether or not it is bounded (wholly or partly) by external walls of a building;

(c) where the application relates to development within Category 1 and the gross floor space to be created by the development exceeds 75 square metres and is not an exact multiple of 75 square metres, the area remaining after division of the total number of square metres of gross floorspace by the figure of 75 shall be treated as being 75 metres; and

(d) where the application relates to development within Category 2 and the site area exceeds 0.1 hectares and is not an exact multiple of 0.1 hectares, the area remaining after division of the total number of hectares by the figure of 0.1 hectares shall be treated as being 0.1 hectares.