HC Deb 15 March 1985 vol 75 c307W
Mr. Hordern

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the cost of fees paid to planning authorities for applications; and how much of this cost is covered not by charges, but by subsidy.

Mr. Macfarlane

The current scale of fees is laid down in the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) Regulations 1983. Fees are estimated to raise a total revenue of about £32.3 million in the present financial year, as a contribution towards the overall costs of development control to local authorities of about £73 million.