EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (“the Fees Regulations”) and the Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 3 of the Fees Regulations to increase the planning application fees for the consent for the display for advertisements under regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 and for an application to develop land without complying with previous conditions.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 4(3) and (4) of the Fees Regulations to increase the planning application fees for varying a planning permission under section 64 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and for written confirmation of compliance with a condition imposed on the grant of planning permission respectively.

Regulation 5(a) inserts a new paragraph 6B into Part 1 of schedule 1 of the Fees Regulations to set a maximum fee for certain applications for planning permission in principle granted on or after 12 December 2024 and before 9 June 2025.

Regulation 5(b) amends Part 2 of schedule 1 of the Fees Regulations to increase the planning application fees for applications for the provision of facilities for sport or recreation and applications for approval, consent or agreement required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission in principle.

Regulation 5(c) also makes changes to planning application fees. It substitutes new tables for those in Part 3 of schedule 1 of the Fees Regulations.

Regulation 6 amends the Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to increase fees for applications made under those Regulations.