General increase in fees

2.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1989(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 10A (fees for applications for certificates of lawful use or development)(2)—

(a)in paragraph (5)(b), for “£110” substitute “£135”; and

(b)for paragraph (6) substitute–

“(6) Where a use specified in an application under section 191(1)(a) is use as one or more separate dwellinghouses, the fee payable in respect of that use shall be—

(a)where the use so specified is use as 50 or fewer dwellinghouses, £265 for each dwellinghouse;

(b)where the use so specified is use as more than 50 dwellinghouses, £13,250, and an additional £80 for each dwellinghouse in excess of 50, subject to a maximum in total of £50,000.”.

(3) In regulation 11A (fees for certain applications under the General Permitted Development Order) (3)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(a), for “£40” substitute “£50”; and

(b)in paragraph (1)(b), for “£220” substitute “£265”.

(4) In Part I of Schedule 1 (general provisions)—

(a)in paragraphs 4(1) and 6(2), for “£220” substitute “£265”; and

(b)in paragraphs 7, 7A(4) and 7B(5), for “£110” substitute “£135”.

(c)for paragraph 15(2) substitute—

“(2) Where an application is for outline planning permission and relates to development which is within more than one of the categories specified in that table, the fee payable in respect of the application shall be—

(a)where the site area does not exceed 2.5 hectares, £265 for each 0.1 hectare of the site area;

(b)where the site area exceeds 2.5 hectares £6,625, and an additional £80 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 hectares, subject to a maximum in total of £25,000.”.

(5) For Part II of Schedule 1 (scale of fees), substitute the new Part II set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(6) For Schedule 2 (scale of fees for advertisement applications), substitute the new Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.