Draft English fee regulations issued

One of the main changes contained in the Regulations is to increase of all existing fees by approximately 15%. Local planning authorities will be able to charge a fee of £9,527 for outline applications where the site area exceeds 2.5 hectares and an additional £115 for each 0.1 hectare in excess of 2.5 hectares. But the maximum total for this type of development will remain capped at £125,000.