24.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport.
DECISION
24.2 RESOLVED to (1) inform the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that the County Council welcomes the ability to increase planning application fees by 20%; and
(2) recommend to Full Council that the increased planning application fees are applied from the date they are confirmed for implementation by DCLG.
Reasons
24.3 The DCLG wrote to all Local Planning Authorities to ask whether or not they would wish to apply the increased fees, which are set by regulation. The proposal to increase planning application fees has been put to all members of the Planning Committee, and both the Chair and Vice Chair have expressed their support for the proposal.