Office of Public Sector Information

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision about fees for requests for planning approval made by the undertaker to relevant local authorities pursuant to Schedule 7 to the Crossrail Act 2008.

Regulation 3 stipulates that a fee shall be payable for such a request except in the circumstances mentioned in Schedule 1. Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 set the fees payable in respect of the category of development work for which a planning application is made. Regulations 5, 6 and 7 contain provisions concerning fee payment, possible termination of a request if the prescribed fee is not paid, and resolution of fee disputes.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Major Projects Directorate, Department for Transport, Zone 2/19 Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. The Impact Assessment is also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the website of the Office of Public Sector Information at www.opsi.gov.uk.