26 week rule for refund of planning fees?

[Alan Ambrose]

From planningresource.co.uk - I didn't know anything about a 26 week rule?

 

 

Bolton Council last November revealed that it had been wrongly keeping fees paid to its planning department that it should have been paying back. Since 2013, local planning authorities have been legally required to pay back fees if a decision has not been made after 26 weeks, unless other agreements or exemptions are in place.

Now a 12-month internal investigation has reported that the ““the potential maximum financial liability, if we go back to the commencement of the change in legislation, is £450k”.

 

[DevilDamo]

The Planning Guarantee has been around for a long time. The PG for major applications is 26 weeks and 16 weeks for non-major applications (if submitted after 6th December 2023).