Issue - meetings
Review of Fees and Charges 2024/25 for Pre-application advice, building control, high hedges and s106 monitoring fees
Meeting: 09/01/2024 - Cabinet (Item 10)
Recommendation HP 23/37 of the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 14 December 2023
Additional documents:
- Report of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health, item 10
PDF 148 KB
- Annex 1 - Proposed Development Management Fee Charging Schedule, item 10
PDF 218 KB
- Annex 2 - Proposed Building Control Fee Charging Schedule, item 10
PDF 607 KB
Decision:
Consideration was given to recommendation HP 23/37 of the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 14 December 2023 in respect of fees and charges for pre-application advice, building control, high hedges and s106 monitoring fees for 2024/25.
Due regard was given to the views of the Scrutiny Select Committee, financial and value for money considerations and legal implications. It was recognised that fees were set on the basis of cost recovery and/or increased by the baseline rate of the inflation. Cabinet welcomed the benchmarking exercises undertaken against the fees charged by other local authorities in Kent which had been detailed in the report to the Scrutiny Select Committee.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the proposed Pre-application Charging Schedule 2024/25 (attached at Annex 1) be adopted;
(2) the proposed Building Control Fee Schedule 2024/25 (attached at Annex 2) be adopted;
(3) the proposed charging fees for High Hedges (detailed in the Scrutiny Select Committee report) be adopted; and
(4) the proposed charging fees for s106 monitoring, including an update to the Planning Obligations Protocol S106 (detailed in the Scrutiny Select Committee report) be adopted.
Minutes:
(Decision Notice: D240009CAB)
Consideration was given to recommendation HP 23/37 of the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 14 December 2023 in respect of fees and charges for pre-application advice, building control, high hedges and s106 monitoring fees for 2024/25.
Due regard was given to the views of the Scrutiny Select Committee, financial and value for money considerations and legal implications. It was recognised that fees were set on the basis of cost recovery and/or increased by the baseline rate of the inflation. Cabinet welcomed the benchmarking exercises undertaken against the fees charged by other local authorities in Kent which had been detailed in the report to the Scrutiny Select Committee.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the proposed Pre-application Charging Schedule 2024/25 (attached at Annex 1) be adopted;
(2) the proposed Building Control Fee Schedule 2024/25 (attached at Annex 2) be adopted;
(3) the proposed charging fees for High Hedges (detailed in the Scrutiny Select Committee report) be adopted; and
(4) the proposed charging fees for s106 monitoring, including an update to the Planning Obligations Protocol S106 (detailed in the Scrutiny Select Committee report) be adopted.
Meeting: 14/12/2023 - Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee (Item 37)
Members’ approval is sought to adopt the updated Pre-application Charging and Building Control Fee Schedules 2024/25 [Annexes 1 and 2] and the updated charging fees for S106 monitoring and High Hedge, including an update to the Planning Obligations Protocol S106 (paragraph 9.5) with effect from 1 April 2024.
Additional documents:
- Annex 1 - Proposed Development Management Fee Charging Schedule, item 37
PDF 218 KB
- Annex 2 - Proposed Building Control Fee Charging Schedule, item 37
PDF 607 KB
Minutes:
The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health proposed a revised set of Pre-application Charging Schedule [Annex 1], a revised Building Control Fee Charging Schedule [Annex 2] and an updated charging fees for S106 monitoring and High Hedge, following reviews undertaken in relation to the respective services.
Members recognised that the fees were set on the basis of cost recovery to provide the services and/or increased by the baseline rate of the inflation. In addition, benchmarking exercises had been undertaken against the fees charged by the other local authorities in Kent as part of the review process for the relevant services.
RECOMMENDED*: That with effect from 1 April 2024
(1) the proposed Pre-application Charging Schedule 2024/25, attached at Annex 1, be adopted;
(2) the proposed Building Control Fee Schedule 2024/25, attached at Annex 2, be adopted;
(3) the proposed charging fees for High Hedges, as set out in 1.2.2 – 1.2.4 of the report, be adopted; and
(4) the proposed charging fees for S106 monitoring, including an update to the Planning Obligations Protocol S106 (paragraph 9.5), as set out in 1.2.5 – 1.2.9 of the report, be adopted.
*Recommended to Cabinet