Lead member
Baroness Pinnock
Liberal Democrat, Life peer
Lords
Decision
Agreed
This amendment was agreed to. Where a member has given notice of their intention to oppose a Clause/Schedule standing part of a Bill, 'agreed' indicates that the Clause/Schedule was removed from the Bill.
Amendment text
After Clause 128
insert the following new Clause—
“Planning application fees
(1)
Section 303 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (fees for planning applications etc.) is amended as follows.
(2)
After subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)
A local planning authority may make provision as to how a fee or charge under this section is to be calculated (including who is to make the calculation).””
Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause would allow local authorities to set the fees for planning applications, in order that the cost of determining an application is reflected by the fee charged.