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The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 303 and 333(2A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1) make the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 303(8) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
(a)to applications for planning permission deemed to have been made, by virtue of section 177(5) of the 1990 Act (grant or modification of planning permission on appeals against enforcement notices)(2), in connection with an enforcement notice issued on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force; and
(ii)applications for approval of reserved matters(3);
(iii)applications under section 191 of the 1990 Act (certificate of lawfulness of existing use or development)(4);
(iv)applications under section 192 of the 1990 Act (certificate of lawfulness of proposed use or development)(5);
(ix)applications under section 96A(4) of the 1990 Act (power to make non-material changes to planning permission)(6).
“the 1989 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1989”) means the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1989(7);
“the 1992 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1992”) means the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992(8);
“the Development Management Procedure Order” (“y Gorchymyn Gweithdrefn Rheoli Datblygu”) means the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012(9);
“the General Permitted Development Order” (“y Gorchymyn Datblygu Cyffredinol a Ganiateir”) means the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995(10);
“dwellinghouse” (“tŷ annedd”) means a building(11) which is used as a single private dwellinghouse and for no other purpose;
“glasshouse” (“tŷ gwydr”) means a building which—
has not less than three-quarters of its total external area comprised of glass or other translucent material;
“landfill permission” (“caniatâd tirlenwi”) means any planning permission for—
the operational development of land designed to be used wholly or mainly for the purpose of, or
any material change of use to,
“landfill site” (“safle tirlenwi”) means the land to which a landfill permission relates;
“mineral permission” (“caniatâd mwynau”) means any planning permission for development consisting of—
“mining site” (“safle mwyngloddio”) means—
the total area of the land to which any two or more mineral permissions relate where the total area of the land—
is treated as a single site by the local planning authority for the purposes of Schedule 13 to the Environment Act 1995 (review of old mineral planning permissions)(12) or Schedule 14 to that Act (periodic review of mineral planning permissions)(13); and
“outline planning permission” (“caniatâd cynllunio amlinellol”) has the same meaning as in article 2(1) of the Development Management Procedure Order;
“site visit” (“ymweliad safle”) means entry by a local planning authority on to a mining site or landfill site—
to determine whether any of the powers conferred on the local planning authority by Part 7 of the 1990 Act (enforcement)(14) should be exercised in relation to the site;
to ascertain whether there has been any compliance with any requirement imposed as a result of any such power having been exercised in relation to the site;
“use of land” (“defnydd o dir”) includes use of land for the winning and working of minerals.
(2) Expressions used in regulation 12 and Schedule 2 have the meaning which they bear in the 1992 Regulations.
(3) In these Regulations references to a local planning authority are references to a local planning authority in Wales.
Exceptions – access and facilities for disabled persons
(b)the carrying out of operations within the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse (other than the erection of a dwellinghouse),
(2) Regulation 3 does not apply where the local planning authority to whom the application is made are satisfied that it relates solely to the carrying out of operations for the purpose of providing means of access for disabled persons to or within a building or to premises to which members of the public are admitted (whether on payment or otherwise).
(3) For the purposes of this regulation a person is disabled if—
(a)the person’s sight, hearing or speech is substantially impaired;
(b)the person has a mental disorder; or
(c)the person is physically substantially disabled by any illness, any impairment present since birth, or otherwise.
(4) In this regulation “mental disorder” (“anhwylder meddyliol”) means any disorder or disability of the mind.
(a)the application relates solely to development which is within one or more of the classes specified in Schedule 2 to the General Permitted Development Order(15); and
(b)the permission granted by article 3 of that Order (permitted development)(16) does not apply in respect of that development by reason of (and only by reason of)—
(i)a direction made under article 4 of that Order (directions restricting permitted development)(17) which is in force on the date when the application is made; or
(ii)the requirements of a condition imposed on a permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part 3 of the 1990 Act (control over development)(18) otherwise than by that Order.
(a)the application relates solely to the use of a building or other land for a purpose of any class specified in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987(19);
Exemptions – application following withdrawal of earlier application or refusal of planning permission etc.
8.—(1) Where all the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are satisfied, regulation 3 does not apply to—
(b)an application for planning permission which is made following the refusal of planning permission (whether by the local planning authority or by the Welsh Ministers on appeal or following the reference of the application to the Welsh Ministers for determination) on a valid application for planning permission made by or on behalf of the same applicant;
(c)an application for planning permission which is made following the making of an appeal to the Welsh Ministers under section 78(2) of the 1990 Act(20) in relation to a valid application for planning permission made by or on behalf of the same applicant;
(d)an application for approval of one or more reserved matters which is made following the withdrawal (before notice of decision was issued) of a valid application made by or on behalf of the same applicant for approval of the same reserved matters in relation to the same outline planning permission;
(e)an application for approval of one or more reserved matters which is made following the refusal (whether by the local planning authority or by the Welsh Ministers on appeal) of approval of the same reserved matters which were submitted in a valid application made by or on behalf of the same applicant and in relation to the same outline planning permission; or
(f)an application for approval of one or more reserved matters which is made following the making of an appeal to the Welsh Ministers under section 78(2) of the 1990 Act in relation to a valid application made by or on behalf of the same applicant for approval of the same reserved matters in relation to the same outline planning permission.
(ii)in the case of an application which is made following an appeal under section 78(2) of the 1990 Act, the date when (by virtue of article 22 or 23 of the Development Management Procedure Order, as the case may be) the period for the giving of notice of a decision on the earlier valid application expired; or
(b)the application relates—
(c)in the case of an application for planning permission, the local planning authority to whom the application is made are satisfied that it relates to development of the same character or description as the development to which the earlier application related (and to no other development);
(d)in the case of an application for planning permission which is not made in outline, the earlier application was also not made in outline;
(e)the fee payable in respect of the earlier application was paid; and
(f)no application made by or on behalf of the applicant in relation to the whole or any part of the site has already been exempted from regulation 3 by this regulation.
(3) In this regulation “valid application” (“cais dilys”) has the same meaning as in article 22(3) of the Development Management Procedure Order.
(a)the Welsh Ministers give a direction under section 77 of the 1990 Act (reference of applications to the Welsh Ministers)(21) in relation to the application before the periods specified in paragraph (2) have expired;
(i)decline jurisdiction on the relevant appeal under section 174 of the 1990 Act (appeal against enforcement notice)(22) on the grounds that it does not comply with one or more of the requirements of subsections (1) to (3) of that section;
(12) Except on the determination of an appeal where the Welsh Ministers issue a certificate under section 191 of the 1990 Act (certificate of lawfulness of existing use or development)(23) in accordance with section 177(1)(c) of that Act(24), the fee paid by the appellant in respect of a deemed application must be refunded to the appellant if the Welsh Ministers allow the appeal against the relevant enforcement notice on—
(b)the ground that the notice is invalid, or that it contains a defect, error or misdescription which cannot be corrected in pursuance of the Welsh Ministers’ powers under section 176(1) of the 1990 Act(25).
(b)which is made following the making of an appeal to the Welsh Ministers under section 195(1)(b) of the 1990 Act(26) in relation to a valid application made by or on behalf of the same applicant.
12.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (9) and (11), where an application is made to a local planning authority under regulation 9 of the 1992 Regulations(27) for express consent for the display of an advertisement, a fee must be paid to that authority in accordance with this regulation.
(2) Where the application relates to the display of one advertisement only the fee payable in respect of the application is the amount specified in the table in Schedule 2 for the appropriate category.
(3) Where the application relates to the display of more than one advertisement on the same site, a single fee is payable in respect of all of the advertisements to be displayed on that site and listed in the application and—
(a)if all of the advertisements are within the same category the fee payable is the amount specified for that category;
(b)if all of the advertisements are within categories 1 and 2 the fee payable is the amount specified for category 1;
(c)if one or more of the advertisements is within category 3 the fee payable is the amount specified for category 3.
(4) Where the application relates to the display of advertisements on parking meters, litter bins, public seating benches or bus shelters within a specified area, the whole of the area to which the application relates must be treated as one site for the purpose of this regulation.
(5) Where the application relates to the display of advertisements on more than one site, the fee payable in respect of the application is the aggregate of the sums payable in respect of the display of advertisements on each such site.
(6) Where the application is made by or on behalf of a community council, the fee payable in respect of the application is one half of the amount that would otherwise be payable under this regulation.
(7) The fee due in respect of an application to which this regulation applies must accompany the application when it is lodged with the local planning authority.
(8) Where the local planning authority who receive the fee in accordance with this regulation are not the local planning authority who have to determine the application, they must remit the fee to that authority at the same time as they forward the application to them.
(9) Where all of the conditions set out in paragraph (10) are satisfied, this regulation does not apply to—
(a)an application under regulation 9 of the 1992 Regulations which is made following the withdrawal (before notice of decision was issued) of a valid application made by or on behalf of the same person; or
(b)an application under that regulation which is made following the refusal of consent (whether by the local planning authority or by the Welsh Ministers on appeal) for the display of advertisements on a valid application made by or on behalf of the same person.
(b)the application relates to the same site as that to which the earlier application related, or to part of that site;
(c)the local planning authority to whom the application is made are satisfied that it relates to an advertisement of the same description as the advertisement to which the earlier application related;
(e)no previous application has at any time been made by or on behalf of the same applicant which related to—
(i)the same site as that to which the earlier application related, or part of that site; and
(ii)an advertisement of the same description as the advertisement (or any of the advertisements) to which the earlier application related,
(11) No fee is payable under this regulation in respect of an application for consent to display an advertisement if the application is occasioned by a direction under regulation 7 of the 1992 Regulations (directions restricting deemed consent) disapplying regulation 6 of those Regulations (deemed consent for the display of advertisements)(28) in relation to the advertisement (or any of the advertisements) in question.
(12) Any fee paid pursuant to this regulation must be refunded if the relevant application is rejected as invalid.
(a)for an application under Parts 6 (agricultural buildings and operations)(29), 7 (forestry buildings and operations)(30) or 31 (demolition of buildings)(31) of that Schedule, £80; and
(b)for an application under Part 24 of that Schedule (development by electronic communications code operators)(32), £380.
14.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where a site visit is made, the operator of the site must pay to the local planning authority a fee in the amount specified in paragraphs (4) or (5).
(2) The maximum number of site visits to any one such site for which a fee is payable under this regulation in any period of 12 months beginning with the date of the first visit during that period is—
the amount of the fee is to be divided equally between the total number of owners and each owner is liable to pay one part of the amount so divided.
(4) Where the whole or a part of the site is an active site, the fee payable is £330.
(5) Where the site is an inactive site the fee payable is £110.
“active site” (“safle gweithredol”) means the whole or a part of a mining site or landfill site, or a site which is partly a mining site and partly a landfill site, where—
development to which the relevant mineral permission or landfill permission relates is being carried out to any substantial extent on the site or (as the case may be) that part of it; or
other works to which a condition attached to such permission relates are being carried out to any substantial extent or (as the case may be) that part of it;
“inactive site” (“safle anweithredol”) means a mining site or landfill site, or a site which is partly a mining site and partly a landfill site, which is not an active site;
“operator” (“gweithredwr”) means—
carrying out on the land operations consisting of the winning and working of minerals;
carrying out on the land operations for the purposes of, or using the land as, a waste disposal site for the deposit of waste onto or into the land; or
carrying out on the land other works to which a condition or limitation attached to a mineral permission or landfill permission relates;
where there is more than one person carrying out the operations, works or using the land in the way described in sub-paragraph (a), the person in overall control of the site; or
where there is no person who falls within the descriptions in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), the owner of the site; and
“owner” (“perchennog”) means—
where there is no person who falls within the description in sub-paragraph (a), the owner in fee simple of the site.
16.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), where an application is made under section 96A(4) of the 1990 Act the following fee must be paid to the local planning authority—
(a)if the application is a householder application, £30;
(b)in any other case, £95.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the circumstances set out in regulations 4 and 5.
(4) Any fee paid pursuant to this regulation must be refunded if the application is rejected as invalid.
(5) In this regulation “householder application” (“cais deiliad tŷ”) means an application to make a change to a planning permission relating to—
(a)development of an existing dwellinghouse, or
(b)development within the curtilage of such a dwellinghouse,
for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, but does not include an application for change of use or an application to change the number of dwellings in a building.
Revocation, transitional provisions and savings
17.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Regulations specified in the table in Schedule 3 are revoked in so far as they apply in relation to Wales.
(2) A reference in regulations 8(2)(f), 11(5)(e) or 12(10)(e) to the fee for an application being exempted under a particular provision of these Regulations must be construed as including a reference to the application being exempted from payment of a fee under (as the case may be) regulation 8, 10A(3) and 11(9) of the 1989 Regulations.
(3) The relevant provisions of the 1989 Regulations continue to have effect in relation to any application for planning permission deemed to have been made by virtue of section 177(5) of the 1990 Act in connection with an enforcement notice issued before the date on which these Regulations come into force.
(3) In the case of a deemed application(33) in this Schedule—
5. Where application is made pursuant to section 73 of the 1990 Act (determination of applications to develop land without compliance with conditions previously attached)(34) the fee payable is £190.
6. Where an application relates to development to which section 73A of the 1990 Act (planning permission for development already carried out)(35) applies, the fee payable is—
(b)a time limit by which the development must be begun was imposed by or under section 91(36) or section 92 of the 1990 Act (general condition limiting duration of planning permission and outline planning permission) which has not yet expired,
SCHEDULE 3Statutory Instruments Revoked so far as they apply to Wales
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1989 1989/193
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 1990/2473
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 1991/2735
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 1992/1817
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1990 1992/3052
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 1993/3170
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 1997/37
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 2002/1876 (W. 185)
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2006 2006/1052 (W. 108)
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009 2009/851 (W. 76)
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Non-Material Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014 2014/1761 (W. 176)
These Regulations consolidate, with changes, the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”) in so far as they apply in Wales and the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Non-Material Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”).
These Regulations provide for the payment of fees to local planning authorities in respect of:
(1) applications made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) for planning permission for development or for approval of matters reserved by an outline planning permission;
(2) deemed applications for planning permission under section 177(5) of the 1990 Act;
(3) applications for a certificate of lawful use or development;
(4) applications for consent for the display of advertisements;
(5) certain applications under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 1995;
(6) applications for non-material changes to planning permission; and
(7) site visits to mining and landfill sites.
(a)an increase in fees by approximately 15%;
(b)fees paid in respect of applications for planning permission or for approval of reserved matters are refunded if the local planning authority fail to determine the application within specified times (regulation 9);
(c)fees in respect of deemed applications are paid to the local planning authority rather than half to the local planning authority and half to the Welsh Ministers (regulation 10);
(d)fees paid in respect of a deemed application in relation to the use of the land as a caravan site are to be treated the same as other applications for the purposes of refunds (regulation 10(12)). Under the 1989 Regulations, such a deemed application was excluded from the provisions for refunds;
(e)fees are payable in respect of applications for consent, agreement or approval required by any planning condition or limitation, and any such fee is refunded if the local planning authority fail to determine the application within specified times (regulation 15);
(f)a fee is payable to the local planning authority on a revised application for approval of reserved matters where those reserved matters have previously been approved. Under the 1989 Regulations such an application was exempt from payment of a fee where conditions were met;
(g)where applications are made for planning permission, for approval of reserved matters or for certificates of lawful use or development which relate to land in the area of two or more local planning authorities, a fee is payable to each local planning authority (paragraph 8 of Schedule 1). Under the 1989 Regulations the fee was payable to the local planning authority in whose area the largest part of the land was situated.
Some minor and consequential drafting changes have also been made.
The 1989 and 2014 Regulations are revoked and there are transitional and savings provisions.
The Regulatory Impact Assessment applicable to these Regulations is obtainable from the Welsh Government at: Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and on the Welsh Government website at www.wales.gov.uk .
1990 c. 8. Section 303 was substituted by section 199 of the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29). See section 336(1) of the 1990 Act for the meaning of “prescribed”. Other amendments are not relevant to these Regulations. Section 333(2A) was inserted by section 118(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 14 of Schedule 6 to, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5).
S.I. 1989/193. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/2473, S.I. 1991/2735, S.I. 1992/1817, S.I. 1992/3052, S.I. 1993/3170, S.I. 1996/525, S.I. 1997/37, S.I. 2002/1876 (W. 185), S.I. 2002/2258 (W. 222), S.I. 2003/394 (W. 53), S.I. 2004/2736 (W. 243), S.I. 2006/948 (W. 97) S.I. 2006/1052 (W. 108), S.I. 2006/1282, and S.I. 2009/851 (W. 76).
S.I. 1992/666. Regulation 9 was substituted by regulation 2 of S.I. 2012/791 (W. 106). See regulation 15 of S.I. 2008/1848 (W. 177) in relation to the application of the 1992 Regulations to the display on any site in a voting area of an advertisement relating specifically to a referendum. Other amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 2012/801 (W. 110), amended by S.I. 2014/1772 (W. 183). Other amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.
“Building” includes a part of a building, see definition in section 336(1) of the 1990 Act.
1995 c. 25. Schedule 13 was amended by: sections 76(1) and 93 of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 10 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 15 to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37); sections 3 and 4 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 60 of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 11) and by S.I. 2004/3156 (W. 273).
Schedule 14 was amended by: section 118(2) of, and paragraph 19(1) and (4) of Schedule 7 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5); section 10(1) of, and paragraphs 1 to 9 of Schedule 3 to the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), sections 3 and 4 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 60 of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 11) and by S.I. 2004/3156 (W. 273).
Part 7 was amended by: sections 1 to 11, 32 and 84 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1, paragraphs 22 to 33 of Schedule 7, and Part 1 of Schedule 19 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34); section 20(4)(b) of and paragraph 24(5) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19); section 196(4) of, and paragraphs 1, 5 and 6 of Schedule 10 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to, the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29); sections 123 to 126 of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20); section 63 of, and paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Schedule 17 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24); section 58(1) of, and paragraph 6(1) and (3) of Schedule 4 to, the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (2013 anaw 6) and by S.I. 2004/3156 (W. 273), S.I. 2009/1307 and by S.I. 2014/2773 (W. 280). Other amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.
Section 78(2) was amended by section 17(2) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 24). Other amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.
Regulation 9 was substituted by regulation 2 of S.I. 2012/791 (W. 106).
See regulation 15 of S.I. 2008/1848 (W. 177) in relation to the application of the 1992 Regulations to the display on any site in a voting area of an advertisement relating specifically to a referendum.