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Response to the DLUHC Technical Consultation: Stronger Performance of Local Planning Authorities Supported through an Increase in Planning Fees

 

 

Meeting: 06/04/2023 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 17)

17 Response to the DLUHC Technical Consultation: Stronger Performance of Local Planning Authorities Supported through an Increase in Planning Fees pdf icon PDF 121 KB

This report requests Members to endorse the Council’s proposed response to the DLUHC technical consultation seeking views on improving performance of local planning authorities by increasing planning fees, building capacity and capability, and introducing a more robust performance regime.

Additional documents:

Decision:

(Report of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health)

 

Careful consideration was given to the Borough Council’s proposed response (attached at Annex 1)  to the DLUHC technical consultation which sought views on improving performance of local planning authorities by increasing planning fees, building capacity and capability and introducing a more robust performance regime.

 

The consultation period ended on 25 April 2023 and the Borough Council had until this date to submit its response which, once approved, would be actioned through an online survey.

 

Following consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure resolved that:

 

(1)             the proposed response to the consultation, set out at Annex 1, be endorsed and submitted on behalf of the Borough Council by the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health

Minutes:

Careful consideration was given to the Borough Council’s proposed response (attached at Annex 1)  to the DLUHC technical consultation which sought views on improving performance of local planning authorities by increasing planning fees, building capacity and capability and introducing a more robust performance regime.

 

The consultation period ended on 25 April 2023 and the Borough Council had until this date to submit its response which, once approved, would be actioned through an online survey.

 

Members welcomed the proposed doubling of planning fees for retrospective applications.

 

RECOMMENDED*:  That:

 

(1)             the proposed response to the consultation, set out at Annex 1, be endorsed and submitted on behalf of the Borough Council by the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health

 

*Decision taken by Cabinet Member