Decision details

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning Service that sought approval to increase fees and charges levied within the Planning Portfolio.  The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 required the Council to annually review its Scheme of Building Regulation Charges. The aim of the Scheme was to ensure that, taking one financial year with another, the income derived from performing the chargeable Building Control functions, as near as possible, equates to the costs incurred in performing these functions. 

RESOLVED: That

(1)            the report be noted; and

(2)            the Cabinet be requested to:

                                i.            to approve the proposed increases in fees and charges for 2012/13, and the revised financial contributions to be set out in Supplementary Planning Guidance;

                               ii.            delegated authority to the Planning Committee to approve the implementation of the proposed scale of fees for applications as soon as it becomes available and that the fees, together with any proposed subsequent amendments, be ratified by Cabinet before its mandatory implementation; and

                              iii.            agree the proposed charges for 2012-13, as detailed within the report.