{"id":2084,"date":"2010-11-25T16:43:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T16:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2010-11-25T16:43:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T16:43:34","slug":"clg-planning-charges-shake-up-proposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2084","title":{"rendered":"CLG: planning charges shake-up proposed"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/strong>Under Government proposals now out for consultation\u00a0local councils\u00a0would have the power to set their own fees to cover the costs of handling\u00a0planning applications, ending the current system where charges are set nationally.
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\nPlanning authorities would not be able to make a profit on fees but would be able to recover the actual cost of dealing with the application, the Department for\u00a0Communities and Local Government\u00a0(DCLG) has stressed.<\/p>\n

Decentralisation minister\u00a0Greg Clark\u00a0said: “Letting councils set their own fees is a much fairer system for both the applicant and the local taxpayer and will ensure there is flexibility in the system to recover the actual costs of applications.”<\/p>\n

Councillor\u00a0Gary Porter, chairman of the Local Government Association’s Environment Board, said: \u201cAllowing councils to charge the full cost of processing planning applications will help plug a \u00a3230m\u00a0black hole\u00a0in the planning system. \u00a0Last year town halls had to subsidise developers by more than \u00a3500 for every planning application submitted because rules set in Whitehall prevented them charging the full cost. We have long been calling for councils to be able to set their own prices for these services to ensure that residents get a fair deal. It is encouraging that the Government has listened. We hope this will be followed by councils being given the full flexibility they need to cover costs for all planning and regulatory services.\u201d \u00a0He added: \u201cTown halls should be able to set their own charges for licensing applications, and need to be able to levy fees for other planning matters like\u00a0tree preservation orders\u00a0and listed building consents.\u201d<\/p>\n

If proposals on decentralising planning fees are taken forward following consultation, local authorities will be able to set their own fees from\u00a0April 2011. They will be given six months from April to October to publish their fees. During that period they will be able to use the current fees set by Government which would be withdrawn in October.
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