Purpose

Approval is sought for the County Council to
enter into an agreement for an obligation on the developer to
pay:

1. A Highway contribution of £4,386.66 per dwelling towards
the Lancaster Travel and Transport Infrastructure Strategy, the
contribution will be utilised towards 5 initiatives within the
strategy:
• City Centre Gyratory
• A6 Slyne Road (other Feeder Roads)
• Local highway network around M6 Junction 34
• Lancaster Area Wide Local Road/Management Changes
• Morecambe Area Wide Local Road/Management Changes

Authority to take this decision has been delegated under the Scheme
of Delegation to Heads of Service.

It is recommended that the Director of Law and Governance Services
is authorised to enter into an agreement under Section 106 of the
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 in connection with the
proposed development, providing for obligations on the owner or
developer of the land to pay a sum of £4,386.66 per dwelling
towards the Lancaster Travel and Transport Infrastructure
Strategy.

The outline planning applicant was for up to 130 dwellings,
therefore if the total of 130 dwellings is brought forward at the
reserved matters application stage this would equate to a total
contribution of £570,266

Content

John Davies, Head of Highways
Network Management, on behalf of Matt Townsend, Director of Highways and Transport, took a
decision to approve the recommendation in the report.