Planning - S106 / Affordable Housing Contributions

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I am in the process of applying for planning for a single small 2 bedroom house.

The planning authority require me to enter into a section 106 agreement as part of the planning process to secure a contribution towards affordable housing and infrastructure in the borough, although the government appeared to remove this requirement on the 28 November 2014 for developments of 10 units or less (5 in rural areas).

Does anyone have a recent experience of planning and these obligations?

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blueg33 said:

S106 still exists as CIL only covers certain aspects of wider community benefit. We regularly sign s106 agreements for affordadable houing, play space and education contributions. Site specific stuff tends to be S106.

You will need a lawyer with experience of S106, and you will need to budget for paying the Council's legal fees. We allow £2500 per small development to pay council lawyers.

Thanks for the replies, its this statement on the government planning portal that suggests that it can no longer be requested for small developments:
http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog...

paragraph 012 refers. Added 28/11/2014

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blueg33 said:

It's still there, especially for affordable housing provision. We build between 20 and 40 sixteen unit schemed pa. Many get s106 non pay CIL

I was referring to the change (announced to parliament on the 28 November 2014 by Brandon Lewis Minister for Housing and Planning) that exempted developments of less than 10 units (5 in designated rural areas). Your schemes look to be outside of this criteria.

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Thanks all assistance gratefully received.