Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 8
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Make regulations allowing local authorities to include plan-making costs in planning fees.
Recommendation
Once the Planning and Infrastructure Bill receives Royal Assent, the Secretary of State must make regulations to allow local planning authorities to take into account the cost of local and regional plan-making when calculating local planning fees. Local planning authorities and Strategic Authorities should be allowed to spend these contributions from planning fees on staffing and resources to deliver their core functions and improve local plan coverage. (Recommendation, Paragraph 49)
Government Response
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