Section 106 Planning Obligations
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Planning Obligations are obligations relating to a person's land which bind the land and the owner (s). They are made by deed under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
Planning obligations may be used to:-
Planning obligations provide a means of ensuring that developers contribute towards the infrastructure and the services that East Staffordshire Borough Council believe necessary to facilitate proposed developments. Contributions may be either in cash or kind.
Planning Obligations are also used to deliver the following, for example:
The Council has not currently introduced Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The Council plans to consider by the end of March 2015 whether or not to develop CIL. If it decides to do so the next stage will be publication of a preliminary draft charging schedule for consultation
View the Section 106 Precedents used by East Staffordshire Borough Council.
Download the Section 106 precedents.