Planning obligations
Planning Obligations are legal agreements between a developer and the local planning authority, made to ensure that new development does not put a strain on existing services and facilities like open space, recreation and leisure facilities, roads, schools, libraries or other community services.
Our Planning Obligations Standards (PDF, 372 KB) sets out the planning obligations requirements we may seek in association with new development. This includes education provision, library facilities, fire service provision, green infrastructure, public rights of way, and home to school transport obligations.
In September 2019, amendments to the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations came into force requiring all local authorities to annually disclose revenue and spending in relation to funding received from developer agreements (Section 106 and/or Section 278 Agreements).
This means that we are required to publish an Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) (PDF, 290 KB). This reports on income and expenditure for:
- Education
- Green infrastructure and public rights of way
- Highways and public transport
- Libraries
- Monitoring Fees
- Public transport
Supporting Excel spreadsheets for the IFS data are available here:
- CSV 1 Developer Agreements (Excel doc, 70 KB): A record of all legal agreements which secure infrastructure contributions from a development.
- CSV 2 Developer Agreement Contributions (Excel doc, 52 KB): A breakdown of individual obligations secured within each agreement, assigned to specific infrastructure purposes.
- CSV 3 Developer Agreement Transactions (Excel doc, 90 KB): A record of contributions that have been received, allocated, transferred, spent, or returned.
These documents are updated regularly to keep them up to date and accurate.
