Policy information sourced from Barking and Dagenham Adopted Core Strategy

POLICY CC3: ACHIEVING COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS

In order to achieve sustainable growth and maximise the quality and contribution of new development and the benefit that it brings to existing and new communities, developer contributions towards community benefits will be sought wherever appropriate.

Examples of why developer contributions may be sought include:

  • Where there is a need to make sure development is in accordance with the objectives and policies of the Local Development Framework and the principles of sustainable communities.
  • Where there is a need to mitigate the impact of development.
  • Where there is a need to compensate for loss or damage caused by a development.

Developer contributions could be used to provide:

  • Affordable housing
  • Sustainable transport services or infrastructure
  • Improved conditions and facilities for walking and cycling
  • Education facilities
  • Community services and facilities e.g. children’s centres
  • Flood defences and mitigation measures
  • Environmental sustainability measures
  • Highway improvements
  • Employment, skills and training initiatives and premises
  • Public open space, children’s play and sport and recreation provision
  • Environmental and biodiversity enhancements (including those identified in Landscape Framework Plan)
  • Healthcare and facilities
  • Public realm improvements
  • Public art and arts projects
  • Community safety initiatives including policing
  • Any locally identified priorities as set out within the Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreements
  • Cultural activities

Additional priorities for the use of S106 agreements in the Barking Town Centre area will be included in the Barking Town Centre Area Action Plan.

Detailed requirements for developer contributions will be set out in a Supplementary Planning Document. In the interim developer contributions will continue to be negotiated on a site by site basis. Both the SPD and interim policy will be designed and operated in accordance with Circular 05/2005 guidance. Contributions other than those listed may be sought where appropriate, and the scale, timing and form of any developer contribution sought will be determined according to the following factors:

  • Whether the contribution is reasonable and there is a functional and/or geographic link between the contribution and the development.
  • Any identified social, economic or environmental impacts of the development.
  • An assessment of existing or likely future local needs and priorities.
  • Whether there is a need for a contribution towards ongoing maintenance or upkeep.
  • The need to phase the provision of supporting infrastructure in conjunction with the construction and occupation of new development.
  • Whether there is a benefit in pooling contributions or providing the contribution off-site.
  • Compliance with the objectives and policies of the Local Development Framework.
  • The effect of the contribution on the economic viability of the development.

For more information please see the Barking and Dagenham Adopted Core Strategy