Planning portal

[flanagaj]

Just got a nasty shock and wanted to make sure others are aware too.  I had no idea that the Planning Portal charge an £85 fee on top of the Planning departments fee.  I paid the £297 fee to discharge conditions and the planning department then write to me telling me I have only paid £227.  The portal is not very transparent when it comes to how much they are deducting.

LPA have informed me that you can discharge conditions directly and avoid the extortionate fee.

[Nickfromwales]

Just now, flanagaj said:

Just got a nasty shock and wanted to make sure others are aware too.  I had no idea that the Planning Portal charge an £85 fee on top of the Planning departments fee.  I paid the £297 fee to discharge conditions and the planning department then write to me telling me I have only paid £227.  The portal is not very transparent when it comes to how much they are deducting.

LPA have informed me that you can discharge conditions directly and avoid the extortionate fee.

£85, nasty shock?!

 

Don’t have kids whatever you do, that’s a left shoe these days. 

[flanagaj]

13 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

£85, nasty shock?!

 

Don’t have kids whatever you do, that’s a left shoe these days. 

It's a nasty shock, given that for said £85 they basically forward the application onto the LPA.  As a software dev, I wish I could write an app that charges £85 to do very little.

[Alan Ambrose]

There's nothing like a government-mandated monopoly owned by a hedge fund is there?

 

There's a few of these around.

[DevilDamo]

How can you underpay? The PP include the service charge fee when you make the payment online or via BACS.

[DevilDamo]

19 hours ago, flanagaj said:

Just got a nasty shock and wanted to make sure others are aware too.

Btw, the PP service charge fee for Planning applications was first introduced in 2018. So for those who deal with PP submissions, it would not be a shock to them. And plus, you would have known about an additional fee when your Planning application was submitted.

[flanagaj]

14 hours ago, DevilDamo said:

How can you underpay? The PP include the service charge fee when you make the payment online or via BACS.

Good question.  My CC statement clearly shows I paid £297 and planning received £85 less than I paid

[DevilDamo]

8 hours ago, flanagaj said:

Good question.  My CC statement clearly shows I paid £297 and planning received £85 less than I paid

The application fee is £298.00 plus the PP service charge fee of £85.00. So you should have paid £383.00 in total. So how have you managed to pay £297.00 in total?

[flanagaj]

4 hours ago, DevilDamo said:

The application fee is £298.00 plus the PP service charge fee of £85.00. So you should have paid £383.00 in total. So how have you managed to pay £297.00 in total?

It's a long story.  Due to a previous incorrect householder submission.  So I think the fees got messed up and were not correctly added.