Issue - meetings

To receive the report of the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development

            RESOLVED

(i)         That the representations and responses to the draft Planning Obligations and Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document be noted.

(ii)        That the Planning Obligations and Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, as amended by the changes set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved as supplementary guidance to be used in the determination of planning applications from 1^st October 2017.

(iii)       That the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development be authorised to approve minor editorial changes prior to publication.

REASON

To provide guidance on how Section 106 contributions will be sought once the Horsham CIL Charging Schedule is implemented on 1^st October 2017.

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Development reminded Cabinet that, as agreed by Council on 26^th April 2017, the Council would start, from 1^st October 2017, to charge the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) on liable developments (residential development and ‘large format’ retail development, including supermarkets and retail warehousing) at a charge of £135 per square metre for residential and £100 per square metre for ‘large format’ retail development.  Funds collected through the CIL would be spent on infrastructure on a District-wide basis (e.g. education, health, parks, sport and leisure, and transport).

In addition to the CIL charge, the Council needed to clarify what would be sought through Section 106 agreements.  The revised Planning Obligations and Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) would provide this clarification.  It was noted that affordable housing would still be provided through Section 106 agreements.  In addition, the Council would only be able to seek funds through Section 106 agreements for local infrastructure schemes where they were directly linked to a particular development and could be classed as direct on-site mitigation.

Details of the key issues raised in respect of the draft Planning Obligations and Affordable Housing SPD during the consultation period, and the recommended responses to those comments, were reported.

The Cabinet Member recommended approval of the Planning Obligations and Affordable Housing SPD, incorporating revisions following consultation, so that it could come into force on the same day as the Community Infrastructure Levy.

            RESOLVED

(i)         That the representations and responses to the draft Planning Obligations and Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document be noted.

(ii)        That the Planning Obligations and Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, as amended by the changes set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved as supplementary guidance to be used in the determination of planning applications from 1^st October 2017.

(iii)       That the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development be authorised to approve minor editorial changes prior to publication.

REASON

To provide guidance on how Section 106 contributions will be sought once the Horsham CIL Charging Schedule is implemented on 1^st October 2017.