This matter relates toservice activities which
are in high demand but which the Development Management Team
currently provides free of charge. This is in contrast to the core
work of determining planning applications, which is fee-earning.
Two of these activities, namely the provision of householder
development advice and the provision of pre-planning application
advice, are service areas where fees have been recently introduced
by other local planning authorities, and we now seek support for
the principle of introducing fees for these two service
activities.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Financial and Community Impact;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Decision due: 24 July 2012 by Cabinet
Lead member: jhanson@lancaster.gov.uk
Department: Regeneration and Planning
Contact: Andrew Dobson, Chief Officer (Regeneration and Planning) Mark Cassidy, Assistant Head (Development Management), tel 01524 582390, Email: mcassidy@lancaster.gov.uk Email: adobson@lancaster.gov.uk Tel: 01524 582303.
Consultation process
No formal consultation but discussions with
other local planning authorities within the County. The matter has
also been informally raised at a ‘Meet the Planners’
event with local planning agents and architects chaired by the
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce.