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Item PE 19/24 referred from Planning and Transportation Advisory Board minutes of 13 November 2019

Item PE 19/24 referred from Planning and Transportation Advisory Board minutes of 13 November 2019

Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board of 13 November 2019.

The Cabinet resolved that:

The recommendations of the Planning and TransportationAdvisory Board be approved as follows:

The adoption of the updated Pre-application Charging Schedule 2020/21, as set out at Annex 1 to the report, be approved with effect from 1 April 2020.

Decision Notice D200012CAB

The report provides a review of the pre-application charging regime and sets out the proposed new charges for 2020-2021.  The protocol is reviewed every year to ensure the evidence base is up to date.  In ensuring that the charging schedule is fairly applied and costs recovery continues to take place proportionately, an increase in fees is proposed.

The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health provided a review of the pre-application charging regime and set out the proposed new charges for 2020-2021.  The report advised of the need to review the protocol each year to ensure the evidence base was up-to-date while the annual consideration of the charging schedule ensured that it was fairly applied and ensured proportionate recovery of costs incurred in providing pre-application advice.

RECOMMENDED:  That Cabinet approve the adoption of the updated Pre-application Charging Schedule 2020/21, as set out at Annex 1 to the report, with effect from 1 April 2020.

*Referred to Cabinet