Chapter 4: Grant and Implementation of Planning Permission Chapter 6: Other Provision Section 134: Power of certain bodies to charge fees for advice in relation to applications under the Planning Acts Background
Section 134 inserts new section 303ZB into the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA) which enables a prescribed body to charge fees for providing advice, assistance, or information on planning matters in respect to applications within the planning Acts. This enables a single basis for charging, removing the current disparate arrangements and any ambiguities around generic charging powers which are not specific to the planning advice offered by the individual public authority.