Policy information sourced from the Southwark Local Plan 2022
IP3 Community infrastructure levy (CIL) and Section 106 planning obligations
Development must:
- Ensure that any potential adverse impact that makes a proposed development unacceptable is mitigated by using planning conditions in the first instance. Additionally, and where they meet the required tests, Section 106 legal agreements will be used that either a) mitigate the impact or b) pay the council a financial contribution to mitigate the impact.
- Pay the community infrastructure levy (CIL) which is required to fund the essential infrastructure identified by the council.
- Submit a viability assessment where the proposed development departs from any planning policy requirements (including land use requirements comprising those set out as ‘must’ or ‘should’ in site allocation policies) due to viability. In circumstances where it has been demonstrated that all policy requirements cannot be viably supported by a specific development, priority will be given to the provision of social rented and intermediate housing in housing-led and mixed-use schemes. The weight to be given to a viability assessment will be assessed alongside other material considerations, ensuring that developments remain acceptable in planning terms.
For more information please see the Southwark Local Plan 2022