Decision details

The Cabinet had before it a *report of the Chief Executive requesting consideration of the introduction of a monitoring fee within future legal agreements made pursuant to S106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration outlined the contents of the report stating that  a lot of time was spent monitoring Section 106 agreements and that there was a need to incorporate an administration fee into the S106 agreements to recover the cost of monitoring the provisions of planning agreements from applicants.

Consideration was given to:

·         The types of planning obligations

·         The monitoring activity that took place

·         How the Planning Obligations Monitoring Officer was fed information

·         The fact that the charge could not exceed the cost of the provision of the service

RESOLVED that the introduction of a planning obligation monitoring fee be approved and that delegated authority be given to the Head of Planning and Regeneration in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration to set the fees and any future review of fees.

(Proposed by Cllr R J Chesterton and seconded by Cllr R L Stanley)

Note: *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.