Regulation 4

This rule applies in relation to a single submission to the competent authority consisting of 2 or more related applications.

For the purpose of this rule, applications are related if all of the following are satisfied:

subject to sub‑paragraph (b), the applications are for the same permission type;

where any application is a request mentioned in the first column of item 44 or 45 of the First Schedule, that application is made in relation to any other application mentioned in sub-paragraph (a);

the applications are in respect of the carrying out, at a single site, of either or both of the following:

any development outside a conservation area of any land comprised in that site;

any works within a conservation area on any land comprised in that site.

The fee for a submission mentioned in paragraph (1) is —

if the submission consists of 2 related applications — the higher of the applicable fees for those applications; and

if the submission consists of 3 or more related applications — the highest of the applicable fees for those applications.

In this rule —“applicable fee”, in relation to an application, means the fee for that application payable under these Rules if the application were not included in a submission mentioned in paragraph (1);“application” means any of the following:

an application in respect of any matter set out in the first column of item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19 or 20 of the First Schedule;

an application for provisional permission under section 17A(1) of the Act relating to any matter set out in the first column of item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19 or 20 of the First Schedule;

an application for outline permission under section 18(1) of the Act relating to any matter set out in the first column of item 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19 or 20 of the First Schedule;

a request mentioned in the first column of item 44 or 45 of the First Schedule that is made in relation to an application mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);“permission type” means any of the following:

a planning permission or conservation permission;

a provisional permission;

an outline permission;“site”, in relation to an application, means a site, demarcated by any boundary in any document, drawing or plan required by the competent authority to accompany the application, within which any development of land, or any works within a conservation area, in respect of which the application is made will be carried out.”.