TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND Application, citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on the twenty eighth day after the date on which they are made. 2 These Regulations apply to applications for– a any planning permission or deemed application for planning permission; b approval of reserved matters; c consent for the display of advertisements. 3 These Regulations extend to Scotland only. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires– “the 1972 Act ” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 ; “the 1984 Regulations ” means the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 ; “the General Development Order ” means the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Order 1981 ; “dwellinghouse” means a building or part of a building which is used as a single private dwellinghouse, and for no other purpose; “outline planning permission” and “reserved matters” have the same meaning as in the General Development Order; “the Schedule” means the Schedule to these Regulations; “use of land” includes use of land for the winning and working of minerals. 2 Subject to paragraph (3) below, expressions used in these Regulations have, unless the context otherwise requires, the meaning which they bear in the 1972 Act. 3 Expressions used in regulation 12 have, unless the context otherwise requires, the meaning which they bear in the 1984 Regulations. 4 References in regulations 8(e) and 12(6)(e) to particular provisions of these Regulations shall be construed as including references to the corresponding provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 1981 and the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 1983 . 5 A regulation referred to in these Regulations only by number means the regulation so numbered in these Regulations. Fees for planning applications 3 1 Subject to regulations 4 to 9, where an application is made to a planning authority for planning permission or for the approval of reserved matters, a fee shall be paid to that authority in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. 2 The fee payable in respect of the application shall be calculated in accordance with the Schedule. 3 The fee due in respect of an application shall accompany the application. 4 Where the application is referred to a regional planning authority under section 179(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 the planning authority who receive the fee in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (1) to (3) shall remit the amount of the fee to the regional planning authority at the same time as they refer the application to them. 5 Any fee paid under this regulation shall be refunded if the application is rejected as invalidly made. Exceptions 4 1 Regulation 3 shall not apply where the planning authority to whom the application is made are satisfied that it relates solely to the carrying out of operations– a in the curtilage or for the alteration or extension of a dwellinghouse, other than the erection of a dwellinghouse, for the purpose of providing means of access to or within the dwellinghouse for a disabled person who resides or proposes to reside in that dwellinghouse, or of providing facilities designed to secure his greater safety, health or comfort; or b for the purpose of providing means of access for disabled persons to or within a building or premises to which members of the public are admitted. 2 In this regulation, “disabled person” means a person who is blind, deaf, dumb, or substantially and permanently handicapped by illness, injury or congenital deformity, and includes a mentally disordered person of any description. 5 1 Regulation 3 shall not apply where the planning authority to whom the application is made are satisfied– a i that the application relates solely to development which is within one or more of the classes other than class V, specified in Schedule 1 to the General Development Order; and ii that the permission granted by article 3 of that Order does not apply in respect of that development by reason of and only by reason of– aa a direction made under article 4 of that Order which is in force on the date when the application is made; or bb the requirements of a condition imposed on a permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part III of the 1972 Act otherwise than by that Order; or b that the application relates to development on land used for the purposes of agriculture, other than dwellinghouses or the buildings excluded by virtue of subparagraph (c) in paragraph (1) of class V in Schedule 1 to the General Development Order from that class, and the development is to be used for purposes incidental to that use. 2 The reference in paragraph (1)(a)(i) to an application which relates to development which is within one or more of the classes specified in Schedule 1 to the General Development Order shall include an application for planning permission for the continuance of a use of land, or the retention of buildings or works, without compliance with a condition subject to which a previous planning permission has been granted, and which prohibits or limits the carrying out of any development which is within one or more of the said classes. 6 Regulation 3 shall not apply where the planning authority to whom the application is made are s atisfied– a that 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) (Scotland) Order 1989 ; b that the existing use of that building or other land is for another purpose of the same class; and c that the making of an application for planning permission in respect of the use to which the application relates is necessary by reason of and only by reason of a condition imposed on a permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part III of the 1972 Act. 7 Where all the conditions set out in regulation 8 and applicable to paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, are satisfied, regulation 3 shall not apply to an application which is made by the same applicant for– a planning permission for development of the same character or description as development to which an earlier application relates and to no other development and following– i the withdrawal, before notice of decision was issued, of that earlier application for planning permission; ii the granting of planning permission for the development; iii the refusal of planning permission; or iv the making of an appeal to the Secretary of State under section 34 of the 1972 Act (appeal in default of planning decision) in relation to an application for planning permission; or b approval of one or more reserved matters following– i the withdrawal before notice of decision was issued of an application for approval of the same reserved matters; ii the granting of approval of the same reserved matters; iii the refusal to approve the same reserved matters; or iv the making of an appeal to the Secretary of State under section 34 of the 1972 Act in relation to an application for approval of the same reserved matters, authorised by the same outline planning permission. 8 The conditions referred to in regulation 7 are– a that the application is made within 12 months of the date– i when the earlier application was made, in the case of a withdrawn application; ii of the relevant grant of planning permission or grant of approval of details of reserved matters, as the case may be; iii of the refusal; or iv when under the relevant provisions of the General Development Order or of section 179(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the period for the giving of notice of a decision on the earlier application expired, in the case of an application which is made following an appeal under section 34 of the 1972 Act; b in the case of an application for planning permission which is not made in outline, that the planning permission which has been granted is not an outline planning permission or that the earlier application was also not made in outline; c in the case of an application for planning permission, the application relates to the same site as that to which the earlier application related, or to part of that site, and to no other land except land included solely for the purpose of providing a different means of access to the site; d in the case of an application for approval of reserved matters, the application relates to the same site as that to which the earlier application related, or to part of that site and to no other land; e no application made by or on behalf of the same applicant in relation to the whole or any part of the site has already been exempted from regulation 3 by virtue of regulation 7 and this regulation; and f the fee payable in respect of the earlier application was paid. 9 Regulation 3 shall not apply to impose a fee in relation to an application to a planning authority for permission to carry out development consisting of the winning and working of minerals where the application– a is for a permission which consolidates two or more subsisting permissions; or b does not seek permission for development which is not authorised by a subsisting permission. Fees for deemed applications 10 1 Subject to paragraph (6), a fee shall be paid to the Secretary of State where an application for planning permission is deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) of the 1972 Act (in consequence of an appeal against an enforcement notice) or section 91(5) of the 1972 Act (in consequence of an appeal under that section against a decision of a planning authority on an application for an established use certificate). 2 Subject to paragraph (4) and regulation 13(2), the fee payable in respect of a deemed application shall be calculated in accordance with the Schedule. 3 In the case of an application deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) of the 1972 Act, a fee shall be paid by every person who has made a valid appeal against the relevant enforcement notice. 4 In the case of an application deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) of the 1972 Act where– i an enforcement notice is varied under section 85(5) otherwise than to take account of a grant of planning permission under that section; and ii the fee calculated in accordance with the Schedule would have been a lesser amount if the original notice had been in the terms of the varied notice, the fee payable shall be that lesser amount and no account shall be taken of any change in fees which takes effect after the making of the deemed application. 5 The fee due in respect of a deemed application shall accompany the written notice of the relevant appeal to the Secretary of State. 6 In the case of an application deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) of the 1972 Act, this regulation shall not apply where the person who has appealed against the relevant enforcement notice had– a before the date when the notice was served, made an application to the planning authority for planning permission for the development to which the relevant enforcement notice relates and had paid the fee payable in respect of that application; or b before the date specified in the notice as the date on which the notice is to take effect, made an appeal to the Secretary of State under section 33 of the 1972 Act, and at the date when the relevant enforcement notice was served that application or, in the case of an appeal made before the date on which the enforcement notice is to take effect, that appeal, had not been determined. 7 Regulations 4, 5 and 6 shall apply to a deemed application as they apply to an application for planning permission made to the planning authority, with the following modifications:– a references to the planning authority to whom the application is made shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State; and b references to the development to which the application relates shall be construed as references to the use of land or the operations to which the relevant enforcement notice relates, or to the use of land in respect of which the relevant application for an established use certificate was made, as the case may be. Refunds of fees for deemed applications 11 1 In the case of an application deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) of the 1972 Act, the amount of any fee paid in respect of the deemed application shall be refunded to the appellant by the Secretary of State in the following circumstances:– a where the Secretary of State declines jurisdic tion on the relevant appeal under section 85 of the 1972 Act on the grounds that it does not comply with one or more of the requirements of subsection (1) of that section; b where the Secretary of State under section 85(2C) of the 1972 Act– i dismisses the appeal on the grounds that the appellant has failed to comply with subsection (2A) within the time prescribed under subsection (2B)(a) of that section; or ii allows the appeal and quashes the enforcement notice on the grounds that the planning authority failed to comply with any requirement imposed by virtue of paragraph (b), (c) or (e) of subsection (2B) of that section; c where the planning authority withdraws the relevant enforcement notice before it takes effect or if the Secretary of State considers that there was no subject matter to appeal against since the purported enforcement notice had no legal effect; and d save in the case of an application deemed to have been made in connection with an enforcement notice alleging a breach of planning control by the use of land as a caravan site, where the Secretary of State allows the appeal against the relevant enforcement notice on any of the grounds set out in section 85(1)(b) to (e) of the 1972 Act. 2 In the case of an application deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) of the 1972 Act, in the circumstances set out in regulation 10(4) any amount already paid in excess of the lesser amount shall be refunded. 3 a In the event of the relevant appeal under section 85 or 91 of the 1972 Act being withdrawn with the result that there are at least 21 days between the date of withdrawal and– i the date or, in the event of postponement, the latest date appointed for the holding of an inquiry into that appeal; or ii in the case of an appeal which is being dealt with by way of written submissions, the date or, in the event of postponement, the latest date appointed for the inspection of the site to which the enforcement notice or the application for an established use certificate relates, any fee paid in respect of the deemed application shall be refunded to the appellant by the Secretary of State. b For the purposes of this paragraph an appeal shall be treated as being withdrawn on the date on which notice in writing of the withdrawal is received by the Secretary of State. 4 The reference in paragraph (3) to an appeal being dealt with by way of written submissions shall be construed as a reference to an appeal in respect of which no local inquiry is to be held under section 267 of the 1972 Act. 5 In the case of an application which is deemed to have been made by virtue of section 91(5) of the 1972 Act, the fee paid by the appellant shall be refunded to him by the Secretary of State in the event of the Secretary of State granting him an established use certificate, or modifying the certificate granted by the planning authority on the application, under subsection (2)(a) of that section, or determining that he has no power to grant planning permission under subsection (3) of that section. Fees for applications for consent for advertisements 12 1 Where an application is made to a planning authority under regulation 15 of the 1984 Regulations for consent for the display of an advertisement, a fee shall accompany the application and shall be paid to that authority in accordance with this regulation. 2 Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) to (7) the fee payable in respect of each site on which one or more than one advertisement is to be displayed shall be £32. 3 Where the application relates to the display of advertisements on parking meters, litter bins or bus shelters within a specified area, the whole of the area to which the application relates shall be treated as one site for the purpose of this regulation. 4 Where the application is made by a community council established under section 51 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 the amount of the fee payable in respect of the application shall be reduced by one half. 5 Where all of the conditions set out in paragraph (6) are satisfied, this regulation shall not apply to an application for the display of advertisements which is made following– a the withdrawal before notice of decision was issued; or b the refusal of consent whether by the planning authority or by the Secretary of State on appeal, in respect of an application for the display of advertisements made by the same person. 6 The conditions referred to in paragraph (5) are– a that the application is made within 12 months of– i the date when the earlier application was made, in the case of a withdrawn application; or ii in any other case, the date of refusal; b that the application relates to the same site as that to which the earlier application related, or to part of that site; c that the planning authority to whom the application is made are satisfied that it relates to an advertisement or advertisements, of the same description other than content, as the advertisement or advertisements to which the earlier application related; d that the fee payable in respect of the earlier application was paid; and e that no previous application has at any time been made by the same applicant which related to– i the same site as the site to which the earlier application related; and ii an advertisement of the same description other than content as any advertisement to which the earlier application related, and which was exempted from the provisions of this regulation by paragraph (5). 7 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 11 of the 1984 Regulations disapplying regulation 10 in relation to that advertisement. 8 Any fee paid under this regulation shall be refunded if the relevant application is rejected as invalidly made. Revocation 13 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 1983 and the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1985 are hereby revoked. 2 The Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to apply to applications for planning permission deemed to have been made by virtue of section 85(7) or section 91(5) of the 1972 Act in connection with an enforcement notice served or, as the case may be, an application for an established use certificate made before the date when these Regulations come into force. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1990