Field Hospital: Planning Application Fee: Waiver

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Decision Reference: MD-PE-2020-0048
Decision Summary Title:	Fee Waiver: Temporary Hospital		Date of Decision Summary:	14/04/2020
Decision Summary Author:	Acting Building Control Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Acting Building Control Manager
Written Report Title:	N/A		Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	N/A		Written Report: Public or Exempt?	N/A
Subject: Temporary Hospital, Millbrook Playing Fields, La Route de St. Aubin, St. Lawrence A 100% fee waiver for a retrospective building control application for the construction of a temporary hospital facility for the duration of COVID-19. Total application fee of £79,194.80 (x2) = £158,389.60 (being twice the orginal fee for a retrospective application)
Decision(s): The Minister decided to waive 100% of the required fee of £158,389.60
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister, taking into account the fees due for all elements of the application, the temporary nature of the facility and the urgent nature of the requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic, considered that a nil fee is appropriate in this specific case.
Resource Implications: The loss of £158,389.60 in building control income.
Action required: Inform the agent for the application that the application can be registered without the requisite fee.
Signature: Deputy John Young		Position: Minister for the Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):