Today's entry reports on the issuing of new Planning Act
guidance, on awards of costs.
On Friday, the government issued new guidance relating to the
Planning Act regime. It is not one of the suite that is gradually
being replaced as part of the 'light touch review', but an
outlier about when you can get someone else to pay some or all of
your costs of participating in the examination of an application.
It is new guidance, but not new altogether, as it is based on a
'Costs Policy' that the one-time
Infrastructure Planning Commission issued back in the day.
The document can be found here. It is definitely worth reading as all
those involved in applications should be aware of when they might
have to pay someone else's costs or might get someone else to
pay some of their costs. Here is a summary.
