The CIL Project Officer
introduced the report and stated that a total of £469, 000
had been collected through 15 developer contributions across 14
separate Section 106 agreements
The contributions were ranked
by spend by date within appendix 1 to the report. For the projects
coded in red, the Council had met with the infrastructure providers
to request an update on the respective projects’ commencement
alongside a commitment to spend the Section 106 monies. It was made
clear that the providers would lose the money if it remained
unused. The meetings had led to a better understanding between the
two parties, as for example, the Clinical Commissioning Group and
Maidstone Parks would not request the money until a scheme had
commenced. It was noted that Section 106 monies could not always be
spent within the agreed time frame, with projects and priorities
often subject to change.
In response to questions, the
Head of Planning and Development explained that the Maidstone East
and Sutton Valence Medical Centres from the CCG were future
projects, known as ‘pipeline projects’, and had been
included for information purposes. The Officers were thanked for
the work undertaken.
RESOLVED: That the report be noted.