Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

The Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development presented the report on the Infrastructure Funding Statement 2019/20.

Members were advised that amendments to the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 meant that from 2019/20 onwards, any local authority that had received developer contributions (either through section 106 planning obligations or the Community Infrastructure Levy) was required to publish online an Infrastructure Funding Statement by 31 December each year. In particular, this concerned the Section 106 contributions collected under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

The arrangements governing the use of S106 contributions and how they were prioritised was raised and the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development informed Members that there was no single document that officers relied upon determining priorities, although it was noted that the draft Local Plan contained an Infrastructure Delivery Plan. Members were reminded that in allocating S106 contributions, need must arise directly from the development.

RESOLVED:       That it be recommended to Cabinet that decision CAB43 be endorsed and that the format and content of the first Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement 2019/20 at Appendix 1 and supporting spreadsheets at Appendix 2 be approved and that it be published by no later than 31 December 2020.

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

It was agreed that the format and content of the first Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement 2019/20 at Appendix 1 and supporting spreadsheets at Appendix 2 be approved and that it be published by no later than 31 December 2020.