Planning obligations SPD
Planning fees are changing from 1 April 2025. Fees for planning applications will rise by 1.7%. A draft fee schedule is published on the Planning Portal. Other non-statutory planning fees will increase by an average of 2.7%.
The LDF Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) provides greater transparency and openness in the way planning obligations are agreed with developers.
The SPD provides additional information to implement the policies in the development plan and will be a material consideration in determining planning applications within the borough.
The SPD provides specific guidance on circumstances when obligations will be secured; the type of contributions for affordable housing and other mitigation measures that may be sought such as in relation to offsetting carbon impacts of a development.
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