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Consideration was given to
recommendation HP 23/37 of the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select
Committee of 14 December 2023 in respect of fees and charges for
pre-application advice, building control, high hedges and s106
monitoring fees for 2024/25.
 
Due regard was
given to the views of the Scrutiny Select Committee, financial and
value for money considerations and legal implications. It was
recognised that fees were set on the basis
of cost recovery and/or increased by the baseline rate of
the inflation.  Cabinet welcomed the
benchmarking exercises undertaken against the fees charged by other
local authorities in Kent which had been detailed in the report to
the Scrutiny Select Committee.
 

RESOLVED:  That
 
(1)            
the proposed Pre-application Charging Schedule 2024/25 (attached at
Annex 1) be adopted;
 
(2)            
the proposed Building Control Fee Schedule 2024/25 (attached at
Annex 2) be adopted;
 
(3)            
the proposed charging fees for High Hedges (detailed in the
Scrutiny Select Committee report) be adopted; and
 
(4)            
the proposed charging fees for s106 monitoring, including an update
to the Planning Obligations Protocol S106 (detailed in the Scrutiny
Select Committee report) be adopted.