Issue - meetings

Report DRR/15/053

The report provided an update on section 106 agreements - the Committee considered this report in conjunction with the report on the Executive’s agenda on the Supplementary Planning Document on Planning Obligations.

The Committee discussed expiry dates for section 106 expenditure. It was noted that not all agreements had an expiry date, but officers had worked hard in recent months to ensure that money was used effectively. Sometimes, particularly with highways money, the money was not spent as the improvements were not needed; there was only one recent example of a developer successfully asking for money to be returned. In response to a question, it was explained that the level of affordable housing was defined within each agreement for each development.

RESOLVED that the contents of the report and the appendices by noted.