Issue - meetings

Councillor Martin Christopher to Councillor Joshua Wells

Question

Could the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth provide details on the total amount of Section 106 monies requested by planning teams vs what was actually received, for the last five years?

Answer

The total amount of section 106 monies requested by the Planning Authority between 2019-2024 for development subsequently approved was £2,594,542.  £1,339,044 had been secured via section 106 agreements typically following a viability process.

Of those developments that had been built or had reached trigger points in that time, we had received £547,009.  Other approved developments had either not been carried out or of those that were currently under construction, had not yet met the required trigger point in the development to pay the section 106.

There had been three applications since 2019 that had successfully demonstrated there was no viability to provide s106 monies. Only one of these applications was granted planning permission and in that case, it still had a s106 agreement, to require the ability to re-visit the viability at the end of the build. Any increase in viability would be captured as a commuted sum towards the full s106 request.

The proposal at 18-20 Kingsway and the recent Lindum Terrace applications had S.106 requests, and both successfully demonstrated that there was no viability to provide s106 contributions. Both applications were refused on this basis. 

Councillor James Brown to Councillor Bob Bushell

Question

Could the portfolio holder list the sources and amounts of funding used to create the play area built in 2020 now occupying the site of the former St Giles Youth Centre on Swift Gardens?

Answer

The play area was funded using £60,200 of Section 106 funding and the existing multi-use games area was adopted from Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), with LCC providing £14,000 towards the cost of the refurbishment.

Additionally, the County Council had contributed a commuted sum of £74,250 to support the play area inspection and grounds maintenance for a period of 15 years.

This information was available in a report to the Executive dated 30 August 2017.

Councillor Clare Smalley to Cllr Donald Nannestad

Question

The Council set out great aspirations in our Vision 2025 document (which was very close to ending now). One measure of success was that the “Net number of council homes in the city has increased” could the portfolio holder provide figures to show this increase please.

Answer

During his time as Portfolio Holder for Quality Housing which began in 2018, the Council had added 442 properties to its stock.

Very sadly, during the same period, the Council had lost 278 family homes due to the Right To Buy Scheme.  Over the period this was a net gain of 164 homes.  

This was a remarkable achievement given the two years lost to Covid-19, as well as the downturn in the economy, that had seen material and labour costs increase exponentially and the cost of borrowing driven up by a significant increase in national interest rates.

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