Agenda item

11.1

Further to Members’ consideration of reports submitted to the former Planning and Highways Committees in November and December 2010 and January 2011, concerning the recovery of outstanding debts arising from Section 106 Legal Agreements under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Director of Regeneration and Development Services submitted a report explaining that, in respect of a Section 106 Agreement with regard to the erection of 22 flats on a site at the junction of Herries Road and Wordsworth Avenue (Case No. 02/03814/FUL), the Council’s attempts to recover the sum of £6,050.00 had been exhausted.

11.2

Details concerning the Agreement were outlined and reasons given as to why no further action was proposed in respect of recovering the debt, along with advice given by Legal Services in respect of this matter.

11.3

It was stated that a complete review of Section 106 Agreement procedures had been undertaken and a revised process had been adopted in an attempt to prevent similar cases arising in the future.

11.4

RESOLVED:  That (a) the writing-off of an outstanding Section 106 Agreement debt for the amount of £6,050.00 in relation to Planning Application Case No. 02/03814/FUL, be endorsed;

(b) the Director of Finance be advised of the aforementioned decision accordingly; and

(c) officers be requested to provide an update report to a future meeting of this Committee concerning Section 106 Legal Agreements where the associated funding was subject to recovery procedures.