Purpose

1/ To set out a proposed charging schedule for
monitoring of s106 agreements for Biodiversity Net Gain sites for
all sites where such an obligation exists.
2/ To outline the legislative and policy background to monitoring
of section 106 agreements
3/ To set out why a monitoring charge is considered necessary and
what activities the proposed charge relates to.
5/ To present some examples of charging structures implemented by
other local authorities
6/ To seek permission of the Corporate Director of Community
Development, to authorise a charging structure for monitoring fees
associated with off-site or on-site BNG.
7/ To note that according to government guidance the BNG monitoring
fees may only reflect costs incurred and may not be used to
generate revenue for other services outside BNG.

Decision

i. That the Corporate Director of Community
Development approves the principle of charging fees for BNG
monitoring and reporting on the basic of full cost recovery.

ii. That the Corporate Director of Community Development authorises
the charging structure for monitoring fees associated with off-site
or on-site BNG as proposed in Appendix A.

iii. That the Corporate Director of Community Development notes the
range of fees generated by the first iteration of the monitoring
fees calculator from small low complexity sites to large high
complexity sites is in line with fees set in other LPAs in the
benchmarking case studies.

iv. That the Corporate Director of Community Development notes that
the monitoring fees calculator will be reviewed at least annually
in relation to inflation and pay awards and after 3-5 years will be
subject to a more detailed review in light of data from the first
few years.