(Report of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health)

In order to mitigate the impact of development taking place across the Borough, consideration was given to the adoption of a planning obligations protocol and associated monitoring fee.  This was intended to provide a clear and transparent framework in respect of how planning obligations, under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, would be negotiated and secured.

The Planning and Transportation Advisory Board at its meeting of 11 November 2020 had recommended that the Protocol be amended to maintain a level of flexibility to assist and support all types of applicants.    A revised Protocol reflecting these comments was attached at Annex 1.

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)          the Planning Obligations Protocol in its revised form be adopted; and

(2)          the associated monitoring fee of £300 per planning obligation (as set out at Annex 1 to the report) be adopted.