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Legislation and planning practice guidance enables the Council to charge a monitoring fee for Section 106 Agreements.

This report seeks to introduce new charges to cover some of the administration costs of monitoring future Section 106 agreements which if approved will be added to the Councils Planning Fees and Charges Schedule.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve the introduction of new fees from the 1 April 2026 to help cover:

a)    Administration and monitoring of Section 106 agreements as set in paragraph 3.4 table 1

b)   Long term monitoring of legal agreements in relation to biodiversity net gain provision as set out in paragraph 4.6 table 2.

(2)      Publish the monitoring fee as set out in tables 1 and 2 on the Council’s website.