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These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 9th December 2005.
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(1) The Planning (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 4 (1) delete the existing provision and insert —“
 Regulation 3 (1) shall not apply where the Department is satisfied that the application relates solely to–
(a) the carrying out of operations for the alteration or extension of an existing dwellinghouse; or
(b) the carrying out of operations (other than the erection of a dwellinghouse) in the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse,for the purpose, in either case, of providing means of access to or within the dwellinghouse for a disabled person who is resident in, or is proposing to take up residence in, that dwellinghouse, or of providing facilities designed to secure his greater safety, health or comfort.”
(3) In Schedule 1 —
(a) In Part 1, in paragraph 7 (2), for “Part II” substitute “Part 2”.
(b) In Part 2, Category 4, for “category 2” substitute “category 3”.
(c) In Part 2, Category 7, for “£150” substitute “£1500”.
(d) In Part 2, Category 11 (A), after the words “each additional dwellinghouse” insert “subject to a maximum of £10,000”.
(e) In Part 2, Category 11 (B), after the words “floor space” insert “subject to a maximum of £10,000”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 11th November 2005.
David Ferguson
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
