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Item PE 20/24 referred from Planning and Transportation Advisory Board of 11 November 2020

Consideration of recommendations (PE 20/24) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board of 11 November 2020.

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)         the updated Pre-application Charging Schedule 2021/22 (attached at Annex 1 to the report) be adopted;  and

(2)         the fee  of £1,200 plus VAT for large scale, strategic development be approved.

Decision Notice D210022CAB

Consideration of recommendations from the meeting of the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board of 11 November 2020 (as set out at Minute Number PE 20/24).

RESOLVED:  That

(1)         the updated Pre-application Charging Schedule 2021/22 (attached at Annex 1 to the report) be adopted;  and

(2)         the fee  of £1,200 plus VAT for large scale, strategic development be approved.

This report provides a review of the pre-application charging regime and sets out the proposed new charges for 2021-2022.  It is necessary to review the protocol every year in order to ensure the Council continues to provide a comprehensive, high quality service and that the evidence base remains up to date.  The charging schedule is also considered annually and this year 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 proposed new charges for 2021/22.  It was necessary to review the protocol annually to ensure that the Borough Council continued to provide a comprehensive, high quality service and that the evidence base remained up to date.    The charging schedule was also considered annually and to ensure that this was applied fairly and cost recovery continued to take place proportionately, an increase in fees was proposed.

Attention was drawn to a drafting error in the pre-application charging schedule 2021/22 (Annex 1) and it was confirmed that the fee for large scale, strategic development should read £1,200.

RECOMMENDED:  That the updated Pre-application Charging Schedule 2021/22 (as attached at Annex 1 to the report) be adopted; subject to

(1)             the correction of a drafting error (as set out above) and that the fee for large scale, strategic development was £1,200 plus VAT.

*Referred to Cabinet