Issue - meetings

Planning Performance Agreements (PPA's)

Meeting: 14/03/2017 - Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee (Item 169)

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Decision:

RESOLVED: That

 

1)  The Committee approves the further investigation of PPAs, up to a maximum of 8 PPAs including the current 4 pilots using the fee structure proposed in section 2.3 of the Officer Report. The final fee structure will need to be considered at a later date.

2)  An update on the pilot scheme must be provided to this Committee in the form of a workshop before a final decision is taken on the adoption of PPAs

 

 

Minutes:

The Major Developments Officer presented his report to the Committee which explained:

 

·  PPA’s were an agreement signed between a planning authority and developer which provided a clear project management approach to submitting a planning application

·  The cost of a PPA was in addition to the fee charged for submitting a planning application

·  However a local planning authority is prohibited from making profit from a PPA fee

·  PPA’s had already been piloted in Maidstone and had been broadly successful

 

In response to a question from the Committee, the Major Developments Officer confirmed that there was no refund arrangement if a planning application was not eventually submitted by a developer after signing a PPA.

 

Members of the committee raised concerns that approving use of PPAs would create a two tier system for planning applications, where those who had signed a PPA would receive preferential treatment compared to those who had not signed a PPA. The Committee were also concerned that they had not been kept informed of the progress of the PPA pilots.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

1)  The Committee approves the further investigation of PPAs, up to a maximum of 8 PPAs including the current 4 pilots using the fee structure proposed in section 2.3 of the Officer Report. The final fee structure will need to be considered at a later date.

2)  An update on the pilot scheme must be provided to this Committee in the form of a workshop before a final decision is taken on the adoption of PPAs

 

Voting:  For - 8  Against - 1  Abstentions - 0