Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillors Justin Gilbody, Chris Kane, Phil Smith, Janet Tait and Carol Wood.

To note any urgent items of business which the Chairman has consented to being considered under the provisions of Section 100(B) 4(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

There were no urgent items of business to consider.

Members should declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and Non Statutory Interest as defined by the Members’ Code of Conduct in respect of:

a)  any business on the agenda

b)  any urgent additional items to be considered

c)  any matters arising out of those items

and if appropriate, withdraw from the meeting at the relevant time.

There were no declarations of interest made.

To consider the minutes of the last meeting held on 6^th September 2023.

Moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor John Ritchie

RESOLVED that the Minutes of a Planning Committee held on 6th September 2023 be approved as a correct record.

The Principal Planning Policy Officer presented the Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement for 2022/23.

It was noted that during 2022/23 the total amount secured through new Section 106 agreements was £1,063,521.50. The total amount of Section 106 monies held from previous years was £1,466,946.75. Of these funds already held by the Council, the main spending on infrastructure in the monitoring year was on Sports Provision, totalling £132,989.28. Spending on Health infrastructure followed with £97,188 committed to improvements in primary health care in Tibshelf. The provision of Green Space infrastructure using S106 funding totalled £29,861.

Members noted the importance of Section 106 monitoring to ensure that the money was spent in the allotted time and wasn’t at risk of being clawed back by developers.

It was queried whether the Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement document would be sent to Parish Councils. The Principal Planning Policy Officer confirmed that the document would be published on the Councils website so that local ward members could advise Parish Clerks how to access it.

Moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor John Ritchie

RESOLVED that:

1)    the requirements of the Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 in relation to Annual Infrastructure Funding Statements and be noted,

2)    the format and content of the Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement 2022/23, and the decision to publish it to comply with the regulations be approved.

The meeting concluded at 10:15 hours.