On 04/01/06 Chris Hastie wrote:
In seeking that advice, you might like to mention section 93 of the
Local Government Act 2003, which gives a discretionary power to charge
for all sorts of things to a 'Best value authority'. I believe a number
of authorities have made use of this to charge for pre-application
meetings in relation to development.<<<
Quite right, Chris, to draw attention to these general powers. Section
93, however, relates to discretionary activities - ie things that local
authorities are not statutorily required to do. So, while authorities
could use it to charge for pre-application meetings, they couldn't use
it to charge for TPO applications.
Julie
ODPM
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