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Resources & Public Realm Scrutiny Community Infrastructure and S106 Task Group Report

 

 

Meeting: 13/09/2016 - Cabinet (Item 8)

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This report presents the findings of the task group established by Scrutiny members to ensure Brent council is achieving the best financial outcomes for the borough with its current Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 agreements.

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Decision:

RESOLVED:-

 

    (i)        Cabinet considered the contents of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 task group’s report.

 

  (ii)        Cabinet noted the twenty five recommendations made by the task group and support the development of an action plan across the council and partner organisations to take these forward.

 

 (iii)        Cabinet agreed to receive a progress report against the recommendations in six months’ time.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Harbi Farah, Cabinet Members for Housing and Welfare Reform stated that he had chaired the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 task group prior to joining Cabinet. He stated that the task group had been requested by Scrutiny Members to ensure Brent council is achieving the best financial outcomes for the borough with its current CIL and section 106 agreements.

 

The task group had set out to analyse the current CIL and S106 processes with a view to ensuring that communities and councillors are engaged in the making of funding decisions.

 

Councillor John Warren, Brondesbury Park, welcomed the report but asked whether the process of allocating funding could be sped up.

 

In noting recommendation 24, Cabinet suggested an amendment to the recommendation to state that at least half of the Planning Committee members serve a minimum of two years terms at any given time.

 

RESOLVED:-

 

      I.        Cabinet considered the contents of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 task group’s report.

 

    II.        Cabinet noted the twenty five recommendations made by the task group and support the development of an action plan across the council and partner organisations to take these forward.

 

   III.        Cabinet agreed to receive a progress report against the recommendations in six months’ time.

 

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