The Contract will be priced by the Contractor on the basis of an assumed cost for securing a Satisfactory Planning Permission. For Contracts based on the WIDP Contract this will include a sum known as the appeal contingency.
Thereafter the Contractor is responsible for the cost of securing planning, including complying with any conditions, except those specifically allocated to the Authority in the Contract. In most cases the costs allocated to the Authority will include the cost of an appeal against a refusal by the LPA, or a call in by the Secretary of State, to the extent the cost has not already been provided for in the model i.e. in the appeal contingency. However the specific provisions for sharing the costs of planning do vary considerably from Contract to Contract so that the Contract Manager must ensure (s)he has a detailed understanding of the cost sharing arrangement in the Authority's Contract.
To the extent that costs fall to the Authority it may have options to pay the amount upfront, to allow the cost to be rolled into the Unitary Charge, to offset the cost against or to extend the Contract period. In this scenario, the Contract Manager should ensure that (s)he has sufficient access to decision makers in the Finance Department to evaluate the options and take a decision promptly.