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Dear Flintshire County Council,

Section 106 Agreements

Please answer the following in relation to section 106 agreements and the community infrastructure levy. Please break these down into yearly segments for the past 5 years.

How many section 106 agreements has the authority proposed or entered into. Please break these down by type of agreement. i.e. Affordable Housing, Local occupancy, Agriculture. and by proposed and enacted agreements. Please answer for the past 5 years.

In relation to the section 106 agreements you have removed or not put into place please state how much money per year has been harvested under the community infrastructure levy and how much has been harvested by other means. please answer for the past 5 years

In relation to the money harvested by the community infrastructure levy and money harvested outside this levy for the removal or avoidance of section 106 agreements please state how much of this money has been spent on the infrastructure required and how much remains unspent. If any money was spent for other reasons then please state what and why. Please answer this for the past 5 years.

Please state for the past 5 years how many projects have not gone ahead because the community infrastructure levy was negotiated too high and this made the project an unrealistic build.

For the past 5 years please state what the average cost of the community infrastructure levy is in relation to section 106 agreements and the removal thereof. Please also state the average cost per build outside this levy.

For the past 5 years please state how many planning applications for full house builds have been approved both with and without section 106 agreements.

Thank You

Yours faithfully,

Jayne Jenkins

Flintshire County Council

Dear Ms Jenkins,

Section 106 Agreements

I write to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request
which has been given the reference number E00016931.  Your request has
been forwarded to the Freedom of Information Act Contact Officer for
Planning & Environment to process and this Officer will be in contact with
you.

Should you send any further correspondence about this request, please
include the reference number and either e.mail it to
[Flintshire County Council request email], or post it to Freedom of Information, Flintshire
County Council, Information Governance, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire, CH7
6NB.

Regards,

FOI Contact Officer 

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FOI Contact Officer |  Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth

Governance | Llywodraethu 

Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint

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Ruth Salisbury, Flintshire County Council

Dear Jayne Jenkins,

 

I write with regard to your request for information reference R016931.
Please find our response below with your requests highlighted in bold for
clarity.

 

Section 106 Agreements

 

Please answer the following in relation to section 106 agreements and the
community infrastructure levy. Please break these down into yearly
segments for the past 5 years.

 

 

 1. How many section 106 agreements has the authority proposed or entered
into. Please break these down by type of agreement. i.e. Affordable
Housing, Local occupancy, Agriculture. and by proposed and enacted
agreements. Please answer for the past 5 years.

To provide a full reply to the above request would be in excess of 3 weeks
work. This is due to gathering details relating to all section 106
agreements and meeting with individual officers who at the time had
responsibility for each section of the 106 being that the monies could
have been split over various areas. We would need to retrieve all files
relevant to each section 106 and study each file individually to answer
the above questions.

We have therefore reluctantly decided to refuse your request under
Regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIRs. This states that ‘a public authority may
refuse to disclose information to the extent that – the request for
information is manifestly unreasonable.’ We believe the work involved in
preparing a response to this request is considerable and it would cause
significant disruption. Accordingly, we feel it would be manifestly
unreasonable to respond to the request.

 

To apply this exception, we are required to carry out a public interest
test. We have considered the following arguments in support of the public
interest in disclosure:
• The requested information relates to Environmental Information and has
value.
• The public interest in local government’s transparency and
accountability is strong. It is important for the Council to be seen to be
open and accountable in order to ensure public confidence.
However, despite the strength of these arguments we believe they are
outweighed by the public interest in maintaining the exception:
• The burden in complying with the request is excessive in terms of staff
time and cost, and would disrupt the provision of frontline services to
the public.
• The value of the request is not proportionate to the burden and
disruption they would cause to the Department.

 

 2. In relation to the section 106 agreements you have removed or not put
into place please state how much money per year has been harvested
under the community infrastructure levy and how much has been
harvested by other means. please answer for the past 5 years?

Currently Flintshire County Council do not have a Community Infrastructure
Levy regime. Accordingly, information not held.

 

 

 3. In relation to the money harvested by the community infrastructure
levy and money harvested outside this levy for the removal or
avoidance of section 106 agreements please state how much of this
money has been spent on the infrastructure required and how much
remains unspent. If any money was spent for other reasons then please
state what and why. Please answer this for the past 5 years.

N/A as above information not held.

 

 

 4. Please state for the past 5 years how many projects have not gone
ahead because the community infrastructure levy was negotiated too
high and this made the project an unrealistic build.

N/A as above information not held.

 

 

 5. For the past 5 years please state what the average cost of the
community infrastructure levy is in relation to section 106 agreements
and the removal thereof. Please also state the average cost per build
outside this levy.

N/A as above information not held.

 

 

 6. For the past 5 years please state how many planning applications for
full house builds have been approved both with and without section 106
agreements.

                To provide a full reply to the above request would be in
excess of 1 weeks work, this is due to the number of applications approved
each year. The files for every application      

                would need to be retrieved and studied to confirm details
of the development and whether they were approved with a s106 agreement.

               We have therefore reluctantly decided to refuse your
request under Regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIRs. This states that ‘a public
authority may refuse to disclose information to the

               extent that – the request for information is manifestly
unreasonable.’ We believe the work involved in preparing a response to
this request is considerable and it would cause

               significant disruption. Accordingly, we feel it would be
manifestly unreasonable to respond to the request.

              

               To apply this exception,  we are required to carry out a
public interest test. We have considered the following arguments in
support of the public interest in disclosure:
               •  The requested information relates to Environmental
Information and has value.
               • The public interest in local government’s transparency
and accountability is strong. It is important for the Council to be seen
to be open and accountable in order to ensure     

                   public confidence.
               However, despite the strength of these arguments we believe
they are outweighed by the public interest in maintaining the exception:
              • The burden in complying with the request is excessive in
terms of staff time and cost and would disrupt the provision of frontline
services to the public.
              • The value of the request is not proportionate to the
burden and disruption they would cause to the Department.

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

FOI Officer
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If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s handling of your request for
information, you can ask for an internal review within 2 months of the
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Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Council’s
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Information Governance Team,
County Hall,
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Business Support Assistant | Cynorthwywr Cefnogi Busnes
Environment Support Services –Admin / Yr Amgylchedd. Gwasanaethau Cymorth
- Gweinyddiaeth

County Hall / Neuadd y Sir

Mold / Yr Wyddgrug

Flintshire / Sir y Fflint CH7 6NA

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Tel | Ffôn | 01352 703283
Email | Ebost | [3][email address]

 

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We welcome correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to correspondence
received in Welsh without delay.

Opinions advice, conclusions and other information in this

message that do not relate to the official business of

Flintshire County Council shall be understood as neither

given nor endorsed by it or on its behalf, and consequently

Flintshire County Council shall bear no responsibility

whatsoever in respect thereof.

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