Zayd Al-Jawad, Planning Agreements Manager to explain how the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will operate in Dulwich.
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Zayd Al-Jawad, Section 106 (S106) Planning Agreements Manager, explained that S106 was a contract with the developer when planning permission was granted. It secured things such as contributions towards open space, education, affordable housing and any mitigation that was deemed required. From next year much of the strategic element of S106 would be transferred to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The CIL would in effect be a charge on new floor space. S106 would remain for affordable housing and site specific mitigation.
There was currently a Mayoral CIL that the council collected on behalf of the Mayor for strategic transport. Last year Southwark Council consulted on what rates to charge for the Southwark CIL. The rates proposed were £250 per square metre for new residential floor space and a zero rate for storage / industrial use. There were variable rates for retail and a hotel rate of £125 per square metre. The rates were based on viability and affordability. The majority of CIL was to fund strategic infrastructure, although a defined smaller amount of 15 - 25% would be for the local area.
The S106 project bank would be updated into the CIL project list. It would be for existing S106’s and for local non strategic amounts for CIL. Consultation on ideas took place in 2012. The main remit for the CIL list was that it had to be a project that supported growth in some way. There were currently 15 projects on the CIL list for the Dulwich area. The list would come to the next community council in Dulwich on 22 April 2013, for approval.
In response to questions, Zayd made the following points: