Agenda item - Community Infrastructure Levy - Statement of Modifications to the Draft Charging Schedule

Report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture

1)           That the Committee notes the CIL Statement of Representations made on the Draft Charging Schedule 2018 (Appendix 3) and subsequent recommendations arising from the CIL Viability Study Addendum 2 (Nov 2018) (Appendix 4) which have informed a CIL Draft Charging Schedule Statement of Modifications (Appendix 1).

2)           That the Committee agrees to publish the CIL Draft Charging Schedule Statement of Modifications (Appendix 1) which will form part of the Draft Charging Schedule submission to an examination, as agreed by this committee in March 2018, in accordance with the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended), and to authorise the Head of Planning to make any necessary minor editorial/grammatical amendments to these modifications prior to submission.

46.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture that set out the results of the consultation on the published Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule and sought approval to publish a CIL Draft Charging Schedule to an examination in accordance with the Planning Act 2008 (as amended) and CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended).

46.2      Councillor Druitt noted that the Gas Works site had potentially been identified as a site for nil CIL rating yet this would mean residents and the council would be subsidising the significant clean-up operation that would be required at the site and that in turn would set a poor precedent for similar sites.

46.3      The Planning Manager stated that the purpose for CIL was to fund the cumulative impacts of development so the charging schedule and the work that underpinned it was based upon planned amounts of development. The Gas Works site was identified in the City Plan Part 1 to bring forward residential and employment development and CIL would have to strike a balance between securing investment but also not prejudicing development coming forward.

46.4      Referring to paragraph 3.7 of the report, Councillor Mears noted that three of the sites were in Rottingdean Coastal ward and a major review of the A259 in that location would be required as it already suffered congestion.

46.5      RESOLVED-  

1)           That the Committee notes the CIL Statement of Representations made on the Draft Charging Schedule 2018 (Appendix 3) and subsequent recommendations arising from the CIL Viability Study Addendum 2 (Nov 2018) (Appendix 4) which have informed a CIL Draft Charging Schedule Statement of Modifications (Appendix 1).

2)           That the Committee agrees to publish the CIL Draft Charging Schedule Statement of Modifications (Appendix 1) which will form part of the Draft Charging Schedule submission to an examination, as agreed by this committee in March 2018, in accordance with the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended), and to authorise the Head of Planning to make any necessary minor editorial/grammatical amendments to these modifications prior to submission.