I just wanted to find out if there are any other Councils out there
who only charge half the relevant planning application fee following
refusal of a Lawful Development Certification (proposed).
It was my understanding that the fee for a Lawful Development
Certificate (proposed) is charged at half the relevant planning fee -
say £103.00 for a householder development and if that application was
refused (the works exceeds permitted development, therefore planning
permission would be required) and then if a planning application were
submitted the Council would then charge the full planning fee, say
£206.00 for householder development.
Some councils do not follow this rule of thumb and will only change
£103.00 for the planning application, essentially adding the two fees
together to make the planning application fee and determining the
Lawful Development Certificate for free.
I am interested to know how many Councils follow this customer
friendly services? or have I miss-interpreted the fee regulations
altogether and this is what Councils should be doing?
Thanks
