Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: January 28, 2025

Purpose: This item seeks Cabinet approval of a fee to be included in future legal agreements to support the effective monitoring and management of planning obligations including those relating to the delivery of infrastructure.

Content: (a)    That Dorset Council applies a monitoring fee to support the cost of monitoring and reporting on planning obligations. The fee would be based on the values and methodology outlined in the report and applied to all planning applications submitted from the 1April 2025 which require a planning obligation.   (b)    That following implementation, authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place Services and anyone nominated by him in the scheme of nomination, to update the fee as necessary in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Emergency Planning.   Reason for the decision To enable the implementation of charges to support the staffing resource in the monitoring and compliance of approved s106 Planning legal agreements.