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008			090401t1991 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u50439
041			_aeng
245			_aNo charge for planning consultations
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette Case Summaries _v(1991) EGCS 118 (23/11/91) (2)
520			_a"R v Richmond upon Thames LBC, ex parte McCarthy & Stone (Developments) Ltd" HL 14 November 1991. Developers were charged by the council for consultation before an application for planning permission was made. At issue was whether, under Local Government Act 1972 s111(1), this advisory activity was a function of the council, for which a charge could be lawfully made, or whether it merely facilitated a function of the council, namely determining planning permission, and for which no charge could be made without statutory authority. The council`s argument that a discretionary service was chargeable was dismissed. It was held that the council had no right to make a charge.
650			_aDEVELOPERS
650			_aFEES
650			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT S111(1)
650			_aPLANNING AUTHORITIES
650			_aPLANNING CONSULTATIONS
650			_aPRE-PLANNING APPLICATION INQUIRIES
690			_aPLANNING LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c31476 _d31476