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This section introduces the guidance on developer contributions, the payments and works councils can require to support new development. It explains the two main types: the Community Infrastructure Levy, a fixed charge per square metre, and planning obligations under Section 106 agreements, used for on-site infrastructure or funding elsewhere. Any obligation must be necessary, directly related to the development, and fair in scale and kind. Typical uses include affordable housing, schools, health facilities, open space, transport and drainage.
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Annex A - Developer Contributions
Policy Guidance
A1 Introduction
Local Planning Authorities can collect monies and other non-financial contributions
towards the provision of infrastructure to support new development. The scale of these
contributions cannot render development unviable. The are two main types of
contribution:
• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) ~ a fixed payment per sqm of
development that can be used to fund provision of new infrastructure
• Planning Obligations ~ also known as Section 1096 Agreements are a legal
agreement or unilateral undertaking typically used to provide on -site
infrastructure or as a ‘commuted sum’ of money to fund provision elsewhere
Importantly, a planning obligation must be:
• Necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms
• Directly related to the development
• Fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development
One of the most common types of planning obligation is known as a Section 278
Agreement which is required in order to undertake works to the highway. Planning
Obligations will typically be sought to address the following matters:
• Affordable Housing
• Air Quality Initiatives
• Outdoor Sports Facilities/ Playing pitche
s
• Indoor Sports Facilities
• Local GP Surgeries / health centres / Ho
spitals
• Community Safety / Policing
• Biodiversity Offsetting
• Open space and Green Infrastru
cture
• Sustainable Drainage Systems (
SuDS)
• Education
• Highways and Transport
• Local Labour Agreements
• Libraries
• Community Halls
In the majority of cases when planning consents are granted, conditions are attached to
the permission. Planning Conditions set out details
or required standards, timeframes and works which must be carried out at prescribed
stages in the development process. They may also require further details to