What Next ... Paying to Prune Your Trees? ; Councils Set to Charge What They Like to Grant Planning Permission - for Even the Smallest Job

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The Government defines its 'localism' agenda as handing powers back from central government to locally-elected bodies. But anyone who submits a planning application from next April will wish the Government hadn't bothered.

Last week the Department for Communities and Local Government published proposals to give planning authorities the right to charge applicants the full administrative costs of submitting a planning application.

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What Next ... Paying to Prune Your Trees? ; Councils Set to Charge What They Like to Grant Planning Permission - for Even the Smallest Job

Lucky homeowners such as Nigella Lawson - who is already converting a former gasworks into a luxury London home - will miss paying these extra ...

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