The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/357
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

(2) In these Regulations “the 2012 Regulations ” means the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 .

Section 2 Amendment in relation to particular fees

(1) Schedule 1 to the 2012 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 11 of Part 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “Where” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), where”; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) In the case of operations for the winning and working of oil or natural gas (including exploratory drilling), in determining the site area for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) no account is to be taken of any area of land under which underground operations are to be carried out if no other operations for the winning and working of oil or natural gas (including exploratory drilling) are to be carried out on that land.

(3) In the table in Part 2—

(a) in the entry relating to category 9—

(i) for “£385” substitute “£423”;

(ii) for “£28,750” substitute “£31,725”; and

(iii) for “£115” substitute “£126”; and

(b) after that entry insert—

Where the site area—

does not exceed 15 hectares, £214 for each 0.1 hectare of the site area;

exceeds 15 hectares, £32,100; and an additional £126 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 15 hectares, subject to a maximum in total of £65,000.