Question reference: S6W-22778
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 November 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what review it has undertaken of the impact of Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022, which provides planning authorities with the power to levy a surcharge of up to 25% on retrospective applications as a means of recovering the costs of undertaking enforcement investigations.
Answer
While we have not undertaken a review of the implementation of the surcharge which may be applied to applications which are submitted where development has been carried out without permission.
We continue to liaise with Heads of Planning Scotland to understand the impact of the changes to planning fees implemented in 2022, on the overall resourcing of planning services.