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Community Infrastructure Levy Governance & Planning Obligations SPD Update

Meeting: 17/10/2017 - Cabinet (Item 85)

85 Community Infrastructure Levy Draft Charging Schedule & Planning Obligations SPD Update pdf icon PDF 281 KB

[Report of the Assistant Director for Planning. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning. Following the consultation on the Community Infrastructure Levy Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule, and associated governance arrangements for CIL spending, and draft Regulation 123 list, Cabinet will be asked to note the findings of the consultation, approve governance arrangements for the spending of Haringey CIL, and agree that, an updated draft Planning Obligations SPD will consulted on.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning introduced the report which provided a summary of the comments received in the consultation on the CIL [Community Infrastructure Levy]. The report further sought agreement to: consultation on the Planning Obligations SPD, the CIL governance arrangements, and a new revised Regulation 123 List.

 

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning highlighted:

 

  • That seeking agreement to consultation on the Planning obligations SPD, would strengthen the Council’s position on obtaining more funding for affordable housing for the borough. This exercise would also help to formalise the Council’s approach on viability assessments and to enable a firmer approach, in respect of affordable housing numbers, with developers at the planning application stage. The SPD would also support ensuring new developments meet their zero carbon commitments and include the addition of affordable workspace clauses.

 

  • Cabinet previously agreed consultation on the CIL and this was carried out between March and May 2017. This considered increases in the CiL rates to maximise the benefits of regeneration activities. In the consultation an important issue had been raised which had not been detected by the Scrutiny Panel which had previously undertaken a review of CIL. This was the fact that, for outline applications the Council had already granted, the new CIL rate will be applicable to the subsequent reserved matters applications. In these circumstances, the LPA has determined the application based upon a balance of obligations and viability predicated on a CIL liability rate of £15m2. The imposition of a change in CIL to £130m2 would have a significant detrimental impact on delivering these regeneration schemes and the levels of affordable housing negotiated. Evidence indicated that the increase should take place in Jan 2019 so in the medium to longer term the Council can obtain the CiL return and in the more immediate term continue to preserve the affordable housing already negotiated.

 

  • The revised 123 list which sets out what the CIL would be spent on was important to update, to ensure it reflected the priorities of the Council.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Engert, the following information was noted:

 

There was no association between the lower CIL rate in Tottenham and the High Road West Scheme agreements. The Housing Zone was also currently running at 40% affordable housing. This was a complex scheme and involved multiple landowners. The Cabinet Member with officers were working hard to get buy in from these landowners to build a new area with a new health centre and new housing.

 

The Cabinet Member drew Cabinet’s attention to the recommendations at 3.3 and clarified that the reference to paragraph 5.16 should be 6.16 and the reference to paragraph 5.13 and paragraph 5.15 should read 6.13 and 6.15. The Cabinet Member further clarified that Appendix B was attached at pages 209 to 222 and that appendix C was attached at pages 223 to 275.

 

Taking account of the changes to paragraph 3.3 outlined above and further to considering the Regulatory comments  ...  view the full minutes text for item 85