Decision details

Cabinet considered the head of planning’s report on the community infrastructure levy and on the planning obligations supplementary planning document.  Following consultation on the draft community infrastructure levy charging schedule, the examination in public had been held in April.  The planning inspector found the charging schedule to be sound, subject to minor changes, which had been incorporated in the draft before Cabinet.  The council had also conducted a consultation on a draft planning obligations supplementary planning document and had made changes following the consultation.  Cabinet was asked to recommend the community infrastructure levy charging schedule to Council for adoption.  Cabinet was also asked to adopt the supplementary planning document. 

Councillor Debby Hallett reported that the planning obligations supplementary planning document had not been considered by the Scrutiny Committee.  Cabinet noted this. 

Cabinet considered that it was essential that new development was supported by infrastructure.  This should be done through the community infrastructure levy to contribute funding for strategic, ‘non-site’ specific requirements, and through planning obligations in a section 106 agreement for infrastructure provision on a particular application site.  Cabinet considered that the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule should be recommended to Council for adoption.  Cabinet also agreed to adopt the planning obligations supplementary planning document as appended to the report.  Cabinet thanked officers for their work on this. 

RECOMMENDED to Council:

(a)     to adopt the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule, the Regulation123 List and the Instalment Policy, with an implementation date (subject to variation by the Cabinet member for planning) of 1 September 2017;

RESOLVED: to

(b)     adopt the planning obligations document, as set out in appendix 6 of the head of planning’s report, as a supplementary planning document, which becomes effective on the same day as the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule; and

(c)     authorise the head of planning, following consultation with the Cabinet member for planning, to make any minor changes/corrections.