Unspent section 106 money

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Dear City of London Corporation,

As part of negotiating planning permissions, it is common practice for section 106 agreements to include cash payments from a planning applicant/developer to the City of London Corporation (CoL).

As part of section 106 agreements, it is common practice for time limits to be placed on the CoL’s use of the cash, before it will have to be returned to the developer. For example, a section 106 agreement could stipulate that X amount of money that the CoL received from a developer will have to be paid back if it’s not spent within five years from when the agreement was ratified.

With regards to the above, could I please request the following information:

1 - In each of the financial years 2014/15 to 2018/19, the total, gross amount of section 106 money the CoL returned to developers due to not spending said money within the agreed timeframe

2 - In each of the financial years 2014/15 to 2018/19, the number of instances when the CoL had to return section 106 money due to not spending the money within the agreed timeframe: 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19

3 - In each instance noted from question 2, the gross amount of money that was paid back to the developer

4 - In each instance noted from question 2, the planning application that each 106 agreement was associated with (please provide the planning reference number to identify each planning application)

Yours faithfully,

Owen Sheppard

COL-EB-InformationOfficer, City of London Corporation

Dear Mr Sheppard,

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Yours sincerely,

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Comptroller & City Solicitor’s Department
City of London
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-----Original Message-----
From: Owen Sheppard <[FOI #594657 email]>
Sent: 03 August 2019 22:05
To: COL-EB-InformationOfficer <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Unspent section 106 money

Dear City of London Corporation,

As part of negotiating planning permissions, it is common practice for section 106 agreements to include cash payments from a planning applicant/developer to the City of London Corporation (CoL).

As part of section 106 agreements, it is common practice for time limits to be placed on the CoL’s use of the cash, before it will have to be returned to the developer. For example, a section 106 agreement could stipulate that X amount of money that the CoL received from a developer will have to be paid back if it’s not spent within five years from when the agreement was ratified.

With regards to the above, could I please request the following information:

1 - In each of the financial years 2014/15 to 2018/19, the total, gross amount of section 106 money the CoL returned to developers due to not spending said money within the agreed timeframe

2 - In each of the financial years 2014/15 to 2018/19, the number of instances when the CoL had to return section 106 money due to not spending the money within the agreed timeframe: 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19

3 - In each instance noted from question 2, the gross amount of money that was paid back to the developer

4 - In each instance noted from question 2, the planning application that each 106 agreement was associated with (please provide the planning reference number to identify each planning application)

Yours faithfully,

Owen Sheppard

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Dear Mr Sheppard,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Following your request for information of 3 August 2019 and our
acknowledgement of 5 August 2019, the City of London (CoL) responds as
follows.

 

 1.  

Monies returned (£) Planning Reference
Period number
Financial
Year                                      
2014/2015 -    
Financial
Year                
2015/2016                       -    
Financial
Year  04/00969/FULEIA
2016/2017                     117,812.01 Cheapside 107
Financial
Year                                      
2017/2018 -    
Financial
Year                                      
2018/2019 -    
Total:                     117,812.01  

 

 2. One.

 

 3. See response to question 1.

 

 4. See response to question 1.

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Owen Sheppard <[4][FOI #594657 email]>

Sent: 03 August 2019 22:05

To: COL-EB-InformationOfficer <[5][email address]>

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Unspent section 106 money

 

Dear City of London Corporation,

 

As part of negotiating planning permissions, it is common practice for
section 106 agreements to include cash payments from a planning
applicant/developer to the City of London Corporation (CoL).

 

As part of section 106 agreements, it is common practice for time limits
to be placed on the CoL’s use of the cash, before it will have to be
returned to the developer. For example, a section 106 agreement could
stipulate that X amount of money that the CoL received from a developer
will have to be paid back if it’s not spent within five years from when
the agreement was ratified.

 

With regards to the above, could I please request the following
information:

 

1 - In each of the financial years 2014/15 to 2018/19, the total, gross
amount of section 106 money the CoL returned to developers due to not
spending said money within the agreed timeframe 

 

2 - In each of the financial years 2014/15 to 2018/19, the number of
instances when the CoL had to return section 106 money due to not spending
the money within the agreed timeframe: 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18,
2018/19

 

3 - In each instance noted from question 2, the gross amount of money that
was paid back to the developer 

 

4 - In each instance noted from question 2, the planning application that
each 106 agreement was associated with (please provide the planning
reference number to identify each planning application)

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Owen Sheppard

 

 

 

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