Planning Obligations SPD 2021

Yes

Representation ID: 8330

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Yes – With reference to point 1.3 (and at all other reference points in the document that refer to the LCC Planning Obligations Policy), for clarity, if the Leicestershire County Council Planning Obligations Policy (2019) should ever be updated, it would be appreciated if its reference could be updated throughout the document to read;

Leicestershire County Council Planning Obligations Policy, 2019 (and subsequent revisions)

No

Representation ID: 8331

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

The county council is concerned that HDC may prioritise contributions due to it and perhaps waive contributions due to the county council in the event of any viability challenges; this is not specifically addressed and the only example mentioned relates to affordable housing, which is a district specific function. Further clarity and assurances on this would be appreciated.

In the event that there is a viability challenge against the county councils’ requests, early engagement with the county councils Planning Obligations Team is very much welcomed and encouraged.

No

Representation ID: 8332

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Point 4.4 and the wording around “…payment of financial obligations significantly beyond the stipulated trigger points…” which references interest charged on late payments is too vague; could “significantly beyond” be clarified please?

No

Representation ID: 8333

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

With reference to point 4.7 it would be appreciated if the county councils’ legal fees could also be referenced within this point as we will also seek to recover legal costs in a similar way to HDC

Yes

Representation ID: 8334

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Yes – this is clearly a robust methodology of calculating monitoring fees, however there is no reference to reviewing these fees in the future; has the frequency of review been considered or agreed?

No

Representation ID: 8335

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

The area of Biodiversity Net Gain appears to have moved on since the section was first drafted.

BNG is still in an interim stage, pending further regulations from Central Government, but since HDC wrote this, the Environment Act has had Royal Assent, so references to BNG need updating to reflect this.

Yes

Representation ID: 8336

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

The list provided under point 14.1 is not an exhaustive list of services the county council may wish to assess its infrastructure needs against; could the wording change to indicate that the list of services may alter in line with future Policy.

The county council would also like to request a reference to Sustainable Travel Incentives in that list to highlight its importance.

With reference to point 14.2, this paragraph would need to be reworded to account for future revisions of LCC's planning obligations policy

Under point 14.3, the correct email address is planningobligations@leics.gov.uk – could this please be amended.