questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be able to set planning fees to (a) make a profit for their general fund and (b) reduce the subsidy of planning services from the general fund.
answerText: The Planning and Infrastructure Act provides the Secretary of State with the power to delegate the setting of planning fees to local planning authorities. Fees are to be set on a cost-recovery basis and cannot be used to generate a profit for an authority...
heading: Planning Permission: Fees and Charges