Issue - decisions

To take the following action regarding the issuing of planning permissions for sites of fewer than 11 homes with a combined gross floor space of 1,000 square metres, as follows:

a)  To issue permissions without a s106 agreement, in accordance with government policy.

- This option would enable planning permissions to be issued in a timely manner. It would have the effect of bringing forward the position for community infrastructure payments from 1 April 2015 to the date of this decision.

b) To use a Condition requiring an Affordable Housing Scheme be used for all planning permissions where such a contribution would have been required through a s106 agreement.

Further, that the Council write to DCLG outlining the impact of the ‘Rule of 5’, and seeking an extension to October 2015 (extra six months).  Government had originally set a date of April 2014, and then extended this by twelve months.

N.B. There are a number of permissions where the Planning Committee resolved to grant permission subject to the satisfactory resolution of a s106 agreement.  The Planning Committee shall be asked to ratify what the Portfolio holder had agreed as an expediency.