La Hougue Bie Nurseries, La Hougue, Grouville: Planning Fees: Waiver

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A decision made on 20 July 2018

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2018-0059		Application Number: N/A
Decision Summary Title :	La Hougue Bie Nurseries, La Hougue, Grouville, JE3 9UF	Date of Decision Summary:		20/07/2018
Decision Summary Author:	Director (Development Control)	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral	Person Giving Oral Report:		Director (Development Control)
Written Report Title :	N/A	Date of Written Report:		N/A
Written Report Author:	N/A	Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		N/A
Subject: La Hougue Bie Nurseries, La Hougue, Grouville, JE3 9UF. Waiver of planning fees for changes to the property paid for under a previous application.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to waive the fee for the work previously applied for, totalling £758.88.
Reason(s) for Decision: The new application is a revision to a previous planning application, for which planning fees had been paid in full. Subsequent applications (within 6 months) can be accepted free of charge under the Planning and Building (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2008, subject to certain criteria. This application could not be accepted as a ‘free go’ because of certain changes to the application site. In this exceptional case, the Minister considered that the site boundary change was only to facilitate additional landscaping proposals, which are to be welcomed, and considered that the applicant should be able to rely upon the fee already paid from the previous submission.
Resource Implications: The loss of £758.88 in planning income.
Action required: Inform the agent of the amended fee calculation and required fee.
Signature:			Position: Minister for the Environment
Date Signed:			Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):