Doncaster Section 106 Agreements
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DONCASTER SECTION 106 AGREEMENTS Annual Monitoring Report 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017 1 Contents Section Page No. 1. S106 Vision / Introduction 3 2. Background 4 3. Planning Activity 5 4. Financial Position 6 5. Implementation: Affordable Housing 10 Public Open Space 10 Transport 14 Education 14 Miscellaneous 14 6. Moving Forward 16 7. Case Study 17 8. Further Information 23 2 S106 VISION FOR DONCASTER ‘To be a UK leading Authority in the implementation and governance of Section 106, working in partnership with Developers to continually improve and provide attractive neighbourhoods for Doncaster’s residents’ 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This Annual Monitoring Report describes Section 106 activity for the period 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017. 1.2 It sets out: background information on Section 106 Agreements information on the volume of planning activity resulting in Section 106 Agreements the Council’s Section 106 budget position information on the number, location and types of projects implemented 3 2.0 BACKGROUND 2.1 Planning Obligations, commonly known as Section 106 Agreements are legal agreements negotiated between a Local Authority and developers. They are intended to make a development proposal acceptable which would be unacceptable without such an Agreement, thus allowing planning permission to be granted. An Agreement must be fairly and reasonably related in scale to the proposed development and be relevant to planning, and should only be used where planning conditions attached to a planning permission would not provide an alternative approach. 2.2 In Doncaster, Section 106 Agreements have been used for a wide range of developments. Generally, it is possible to classify planning obligations in Doncaster into five specific categories: i) Affordable Housing ii) Public Open Space iii) Transport iv) Education v) Miscellaneous 2.3 The projects delivered through Section 106 Agreements are usually undertaken by either: the planning applicant or developer as an integral part of the overall development. the Local Authority (or other statutory Authority, e.g. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), if a commuted sum is provided. 4 3.0 PLANNING ACTIVITY 3.1 During 2016/17 a total of 23 Section 106 Agreements were successfully negotiated between the Local Authority and developers. 3.2 For a number of reasons developers do not implement all planning permissions and therefore if a planning permission is not implemented, the associated Section 106 Agreement will not be implemented. 3.3 A Section 106 Agreement may contain provisions for more than one category. Table 1 below shows details of the 64 provisions required, by category, for the 23 Section 106 Agreements signed during 2016/17. Table 1: Agreements signed in 2016/17 Categories Direct In-Direct Yet to be Total Provision by Provision by Agreed Number of Developer Statutory whether Provisions Authority via Direct or commuted In-Direct sum Provision Affordable 2 0 11 13 Housing Public Open 2 10 0 12 Space Transport 5 18 4 27 Related Education 0 6 0 6 Miscellaneous 1 5 0 6 Total 10 39 15 64 Table 1 highlights that the vast majority of provisions included within Section 106 Agreements signed during 2016/17 involved a financial contribution to the Council. There are 10 provisions to be delivered directly by the developer and a further 15 provisions where it is not yet known whether delivery will be directly by the developer or in-directly via commuted sum. 5 4.0 FINANCIAL POSITION Income 4.1 During 2016/17 Doncaster Council received cash income (including internal interest) of £1,990,662 from 23 Section 106 Agreements. This income relates in part to some of the 23 Section 106 Agreements signed in 2016/17, but the majority relates to Agreements made in earlier years for developments that were being delivered and hitting financial trigger points in 2016/17. Table 2 provides a summary by category, of the income received in 2016/17. Tables 3 - 7 provide a detailed breakdown of that income. Table 2: Summary of Income received from Section 106 Agreements during 2016/17 Categories Income Income Income TOTAL from from from (£) Debtors Phased Interest raised (£) Payments earned (£) (£) Affordable Housing 814,073 0 10,530 824,603 Public Open Space 401,006 33,115 5,500 439,621 Transport Related 52,362 0 1,242 53,604 Education 648,002 0 1,499 649,501 Miscellaneous 21,812 0 1,521 23,333 Total 1,937,255 33,115 20,292 1,990,662 Table 3: Affordable Housing Planning Reference Development Amount Received (£) 06/02512/FULA Plots 8 and 9, 507,253 Lakeside 14/02995/FULM Land at Malton Way, Redhouse 306,820 Interchange, Doncaster Total 814,703 6 Table 4: Public Open Space Planning Reference Development Amount Received (£) Doncaster Industry 03/4659/P Park, Amersall 69,882 Road, Scawthorpe Land at rear of 11/01098/FULM Cardwell Court, 43,662 Braithwell 12/01327/EXTM Land at Station 73,545 Road Blaxton Land at the Maltings 14/00157/WCC Doncaster Road 24,056 Kirk Sandall 14/02995/FULM Malton Way, Adwick 153,291 14/02876/FULM Alexander Road, 29,930 Moorends 80 Doncaster Road, 06/00493/FULM 1,100 Hatfield 06/01095/FULM Roy Dean, Whiphill 3,215 Lane, Armthorpe 06/01869/FULM 6-8 Crookesbroom 2,800 Lane, Hatfield 07/01081/FULM The Circle, 11,000 Rossington The Ridings, 11/01164/EXTM Church Road, 15,000 Stainforth Refund of monies defrayed in 2013/14 02/4565/P in relation to Multi- 6,640 Use Games Area, Briar Road, Armthorpe 434,121 Total Table 5: Transport Related Planning Reference Development Amount Received (£) Land South East of Lakeside Boulevard, 13/02239/4FULM 10,000 Doncaster XP School Lakeside 14/01854/4FULM Doncaster 2,904 7 Land at Balby Carr 15/00393/FULM 12,458 Plot 8, Rockingham 16/01597/FULM 5,000 Way, Brodsworth Land off Athelstane 14/00297/4FULM Crescent, 22,000 Edenthorpe Total 52,362 Table 6: Education Planning Reference Development Amount Received (£) Land off Athelstane 148,002 14/00297/4FULM) Crescent, Edenthorpe 09/02048/OUTM Land at Hayfield 500,000 Green, Auckley Total 648,002 Table 7: Miscellaneous Planning Reference Development Amount Received (£) Hatfield Moors 1 98/2734/P And 3 Production 5,488 Site Helios Park, Thorne 16/00126/FULM 5,000 Selby Road, Askern 15/01680/FULM 11,324 Total 21,812 Expenditure 4.2 During 2016/17 Doncaster Council spent £1,490,226 of the Section 106 budget on projects. A summary is shown below in Table 8 and a full breakdown can be seen under Section 5. 8 Table 8: 2016/17 Commuted sum expenditure by Doncaster Council Categories Spend (£) Affordable Housing 166,328 Public Open Space 720,668 Transport Related 12,487 Education 500,000 Miscellaneous 90,743 Total 1,490,226 Balance Held 4.3 At the end of March 2017, £8,144,566 of resources were held by the Council. Of this, 41% was available for public open space projects, 49% for affordable housing, 6% for transport related activity, 2% for education and 2% for miscellaneous projects. Table 9 provides a break down by category, of the income held at the end of 2016/17. It shows that 52% of the Affordable Housing budget, 45% of the Public Open Space budget, 9% of the Transport budget and 9% of the Miscellaneous budget has yet to be committed to projects. It also shows that a large amount of the Transport budget (86%) and the whole of the Education budget is allocated to projects that have not yet been developed. Table 9: Summary Position as at 31st March 2017 Categories Income Committed Allocated to Uncommitted held at Income at Projects not Income 31.3.17 (£) 31.3.17 (£) yet developed 31.3.17 (£) Affordable 3,966,401 1,895,778 0 2,070,623 Housing Public Open 3,333,159 1,802,869 22,500 1,507,790 Space Transport 497,812 23,739 428,981 45,092 Related Education 149,501 0 149,501 0 Miscellaneous 197,693 157,499 20,909 19,285 Total 8,144,566 3,879,885 621,891 3,642,790 9 5.0 IMPLEMENTATION In 2016/17 a total of 67 projects have been delivered as follows: Affordable Housing 5.1 41 Affordable housing units were delivered through Section 106 Agreements. These were through direct provision by the developer rather than through a commuted sum and are shown in Table 10 below. Table 11 shows how the affordable housing commuted sum has been spent in 2016/17. Table 10: Direct Provision by a Developer during 2016/17 Ward Project Number of Units Balby Carr Lodge (Dominion) 30 Bessacarr Manor Farm, Bessacarr 6 Finningley Badgers Holt, Branton 5 Total Number of Units 41 Table 11: In-direct provision by Doncaster Council via commuted sum during 2016/17 Ward Project Spend (£) Various Empty Property Landlord Grant 166,328 Total Spend 166,328 Public Open Space 5.2 Public Open Space projects are implemented through direct provision by developers or in-directly by the Council following receipt of a commuted sum. In 2016/17 there were 2 direct provision of projects delivered by developers and are shown in table 12 below: 10 Table 12: Direct provision by Developers during 2016/17 Ward Project Number Finningley Onsite Public Open Space 1 provision, Badgers Holt, Finningley Town Onsite Public Open Space 1 provision, Cultural and Civic Quarter, Waterdale Total 2 Table 13 shows the projects delivered in-directly by Doncaster Council using S106 commuted sums. Table 13: In-direct provision by Doncaster Council via commuted sum during 2016/17 Spend Ward Project (£) Adwick & Carcroft Maintenance of Multi-Use Games Area 1,330 & Skate Park, Carcroft Adwick & Carcroft Improvements at Highfields Country 27,170 Park and Woodlands Squares and purchase of nomad CCTV cameras Armthorpe Maintenance of Multi-Use Games 22,673 Area, Briar