The Statutory Instrument with respect to an increase in planning fees was made on 20th December 2017 and comes into force on 17th January 2018. Planning fees are to increase by 20%. The Statutory Instrument has also introduced a fee for the submission of a Permission in Principle application. The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017 was made on 19th December 2017 and comes into force on the 1st June 2018. This introduces secondary legislation that allows landowners and developers to apply for a Permission in Principle, or Pip, rather than the only current mechanism for this being through Local Planning Authorities granting the Pip under Part 2 of the brownfield land register.
Much excitement and confusion amongst those long suffering Civil Servants at the Highways Agency when the much touted Infrastructure Act finally went through, confirming the end of the Executive Agency concerned with the Strategic Road Network. From now on Highways England is to be an ‘arms length’ organisation which will operate in a similar manner to that other UK ‘not for profit’ monolith; Network Rail.
RCA Regeneration has been assisting major housebuilder Bellway to keep its scheme at the site of the former Sherwood Colliery in Mansfield Woodhouse firmly on track. Bellway is one of the largest housebuilders in the country with operations spanning the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
