Decision details

To approve adoption of the Developer Contributions SPD subject to the Local Plan being adopted by Full Council.

     That Cabinet:

1.    Agreed that the Developer Contributions SPD be adopted as part of the council’s policy framework, subject to Full Council adopting a new Peterborough Local Plan at its meeting of 24 July 2019. If Full Council did resolve to adopt a new Peterborough Local Plan, then this SPD would come into effect at the same time as that resolution.

2.    Delegated to officers the ability to make any minor presentational or typographical changes to the SPD, prior to its publication post 24 July 2019, provided any such changes did not materially affect the content of the SPD.

There is no statutory duty to prepare this SPD. However, without it, there will be a lack of clarity for developers about what contributions to infrastructure will be sought by the council. Without the SPD there could be a detrimental impact on development coming forward and the ability of the council to deliver new and improved infrastructure to support growth.

Alternative options considered were:

Option 1 - do not update the document - For this option, policies remain outdated, references out of date and the opportunity to simplify the document to make it more usable is missed. As such this is not the recommended option.

Option 2 - Remove the SPD from circulation - this would result in a loss of a valuable resource for both planners and developers and carries the risk of infrastructure not being delivered in support of new development. As such this is not the recommended option.

Option 3 - full SPD rewrite - this option is more resource intensive with little, if any, additional benefit. The demand on resources make this not a recommended option.

None.

None, other than those already mentioned in the report.