A Bill to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to enable local authorities in England to determine the fees to be paid in respect of applications and deemed applications for planning permission; to require local authorities to set the scale of fees with a view to ensuring that the costs of determining applications can be wholly funded by application fees; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would let local authorities in England set their own fees for planning applications and ensure those fees cover the full cost of processing the applications. It applies to both normal planning applications and deemed applications, giving councils flexibility while aiming for full cost recovery.
The bill is at its 1st Reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it will move to the 2nd Reading and then through committee stages as it continues through Parliament.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
