FEES

Regulation 30 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 gives the Permit Authority the power to charge a fee in respect of the following:

i.       The application for a PAA in respect of Major activities

ii.      The issuing of a Permit

iii.     Each occasion where there is a variation of a Permit or the conditions attached

iv.     Where a Permit variation would move an activity into a higher category, the Promoter will be required to pay the difference between the Permit fee for the two categories as well as the Permit variation fee

Fee Policy

Fees will not be payable in the following circumstances:

i.       By the Highway Authority in respect of its own works for road purposes, however a record of the Permit and fee will be used for reporting purposes and fee reviews.

ii.      Any work undertaken on a fire hydrant.

iii.     Where a Permit is deemed to be granted because the Permit Authority failed to respond to an application within the time set down in Section 10 of the North Yorkshire scheme document.

iv.     If a Permit variation is initiated by the Permit Authority or the Authority has to revoke a Permit through no fault of the Promoter.

v.      Where a Promoter wishes to cancel a Permit for which it has no further use, or to cancel or withdraw an application that has been submitted but for which a Permit has not yet been granted.

Lower fees or discounted fees will be given in the following circumstances:

i.       Where several Permit applications for works that are of part of the same project but which are carried out on more than one street, but on a scale comparative to one street, are submitted at the same time.

ii.      Where several Promoters are working within the same site submit applications at the same time. Where the Highway Authority Promoter is collaborating with Statutory Undertakers, those Undertakers will be eligible for the discount.

iii.     Where works are undertaken wholly outside of Traffic-Sensitive times on Traffic-Sensitive streets.

iv.     A discount may be applied where it is demonstrated that an activity provides significant economic benefit to the local authority or Council. For instance, supplies for a new development, or where it is demonstrated that a network investment programme is being undertaken to meet customer demand.

discount RATE

A discount of 30% will be applied in the above circumstances.

Option to waive or reduce fees

The Permit Authority retains the option to waive or reduce fees at its discretion. For example; to support an investment in infrastructure such as a Broadband rollout programme.

Review of fees

The Permit Authority will review its scale of fees annually to ensure that the overall fee income does not exceed the allowable costs over a number of years.

The outcome of the annual fee reviews will be published and open to public scrutiny.

As far as possible the fees and costs should be matched over a financial year. However, it is recognised that estimating the fee levels will involve incorporating the effect of various factors that will inevitably have a degree of uncertainty around them. In the event that fees and costs do not match the actual outturn for the year in question, adjustments may be made to fee levels for the subsequent years so that across a number of years fees do not exceed the allowable costs.

 

 

 

Permit Fees Table

* A discount will be applied where works are undertaken wholly outside of Traffic-Sensitive times on Traffic-Sensitive streets. See Above.

Note: That in line with the Permit Authorities policies and procedures, the above fees will be reviewed on an annual basis.

 

Permit Variation Fees

£45 for activities on category 0, 1 & 2 streets, and on 3 & 4 Traffic-Sensitive streets.

£35 for activities on category 3 and 4 non Traffic-Sensitive streets.

If a Permit variation moves an activity into a higher fee category, the Promoter will be required to pay the difference in Permit fee.

No fee is payable if a Permit variation is initiated by the Permit Authority.

The review will take into account the on-going Scheme costs and inflationary rates.

The fees will not exceed the maximum charges as set by the DFT.

All Promoters will be notified of any changes to the fees.