Venue: Civic Offices, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN
Contact: Anne Hunter Service Manager, Democratic Services
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were submitted from Councillors Pauline Jorgensen and Angus Ross. |
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Declaration of Interest To receive any declarations of interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest received. |
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Public Question Time To answer any public questions
A period of 30 minutes will be allowed for members of the public to ask questions submitted under notice.
The Council welcomes questions from members of the public about the item on the agenda.
Subject to meeting certain
timescales, questions can relate to the item which is on the Agenda
for this meeting. For full details of
the procedure for submitting questions please contact the
Democratic Services Section on the numbers given below or go to
www.wokingham.gov.uk/publicquestions Minutes: There were no public questions. |
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Member Question Time To answer any member questions
A period of 20 minutes will be allowed for Members to ask questions relating to the item on the agenda
Any questions not dealt with
within the allotted time will be dealt with in a written
reply Minutes: There were no Member questions. |
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National Planning Application Fees PDF 96 KB Decision: That the Department for Communities and Local Government be informed that Wokingham Borough Council accepts the offer to raise planning application fees by 20% from July 2017 on the basis that this will be invested into the planning services.
Minutes: The Executive considered a report outlining details of an offer from the Department for Local Government and Communities (DCLG) to increase the planning application fees by 20% to help fund the planning service. This would help to ensure the resilience of the service and its ability to deliver high quality, plan led development and good customer service.
Councillor Ashwell put forward the proposal and suggested that this should start from July 2017.
Councillor Pollock asked if planning application fees were on target and if this proposal represented an increase in the current Planning Budget or not. Councillor Ashwell responded that central government set planning application fees and it covered approximately two thirds of the cost of running the service. He reported that there had been an increase of about 8% in planning applications recently. Councillor Pollock requested further information from Officers.
RESOLVED That the Department for Communities and Local Government be informed that Wokingham Borough Council accepts the offer to raise planning application fees by 20% from July 2017 on the basis that this will be invested into the planning services. |