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Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2765 (S. 213)

The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 2765 (S. 213)

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND

The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991

Made3rd December 1991
Coming into force31st December 1991

    The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 87 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
    Citation, commencement, interpretation, application and extent
        1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991.

        (2)  These Regulations shall come into force on the twenty-eighth day after the date on which they are made.

        (3)  Any reference in these Regulations-
       (a) to "the principal Regulations" shall be construed as a reference to the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 1990[2]; and
       (b) to "the amendment Regulations" shall be construed as a reference to the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990[3].

        (4)  These Regulations apply-
       (a) where such an application as is referred to in regulation 1(2)(a) (other than a deemed application for planning permission), (b) or (c) of the principal Regulations is made on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force; and
       (b) where an application is deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) or section 91(5) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972[4] in connection with an enforcement notice served, or an application for an established use certificate made, on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.

        (5)  These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
    General increase in fees
        2.—(1)  The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

        (2)  In regulation 12 of the principal Regulations (fees for applications for consent for advertisements) in paragraph (2) for "£39" there shall be substituted "£46".

        (3)  In the Schedule to the principal Regulations-
       (a) in paragraphs 4(1), 6(2), 6(3), 10 and 16 for "£77" there shall be substituted "£92";
       (b) in paragraph 7 for "£39" there shall be substituted "£46";
       (c) in paragraph 16 for "£1,925" there shall be substituted "£2,300"; and
       (d) for the table there shall be substituted the table set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

    Miscellaneous amendments
        3.—(1)  The principal Regulations shall also be amended in accordance with this regulation.

        (2)  In regulation 10-
       (a) in paragraph (1), for "paragraph (6)" substitute "paragraphs (3) and (6)";
       (b) in paragraph (2) for "paragraph (4)" substitute "paragraphs (3) and (4)";
       (c) for paragraph (3) substitute the following paragraph:-
        "  (3)  
          (a) This paragraph applies where an application is deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) of the 1972 Act;
          (b) where this paragraph applies-
            (i) a fee shall be paid in respect of the application by every person who has made a valid appeal against the relevant enforcement notice;
            (ii) the fee payable shall be twice the fee calculated in accordance with the Schedule;
            (iii) half the fee shall be paid to the Secretary of State and the other half shall be paid to the planning authority which served the relevant enforcement notice.";
       (d) in sub-paragraph (4)(ii) for "the Schedule" substitute "paragraph (3)".

        (3)  In paragraphs (1) and (3)(a) of regulation 11, omit "by the Secretary of State".

        (4)  Paragraph 5 of the Schedule shall be omitted.
    Revocation and saving
        4.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), regulation 2 of the amendment Regulations is hereby revoked.

        (2)  The regulation referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect in relation to applications referred to in regulation 1(4)(b) of the amendment Regulations deemed to have been made in connection with an enforcement notice served, or, as the case may be, an application for an established use certificate made, before the date on which these Regulations come into force.



James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh

3rd December 1991




Notes:

[1] 1980 c. 65; section 87(3) was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 13, paragraph 45.

[2] S.I. 1990/563, amended by S.I. 1990/2474.

[3] S.I. 1990/2474.

[4] 1972 c. 52; section 85(7) was amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), section 172(2) and section 91(5) was amended by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Schedule 4.

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