Discretionary planning charges - condition compliance

Discretionary planning charges - condition compliance

A fee of £100 to provide written confirmation that a condition has been complied with. An applicant may wish to seek written confirmation of compliance with more than one condition pertaining to the same application within a submitted request, which will result in a single fee of £100 being payable. Each subsequent written confirmation request pertaining to the same application will attract a further fee of £100.   Condition Compliance requests  where East Lothian Council are either the applicant or agent are exempt from payment of a fee.

Priority Condition Compliance Service – Major renewable energy related developments only

The priority condition compliance service is for major renewable energy related developments only - energy, transmission and infrastructure developments including windfarms, solar farms, onshore infrastructure for both onshore and offshore wind and Battery Energy Storage Systems and provides an enhanced service for applicants of such developments.

This priority service is not a statutory requirement and applicants may submit applications for condition compliance without using the service.

A fee of £8000 to provide written confirmation that a condition has been complied with for the first request.  An applicant may wish to seek written confirmation of compliance with more than one condition pertaining to the same application within the submitted request, which will result in a single fee of £8000 being payable.  Each subsequent written confirmation request pertaining to the same application will attract a further fee of £4000.

For this priority service it is intended to provide a response within 6 weeks from the validation date of a condition compliance request application.