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Oxford City Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Consultation Response

 

 

Meeting: 26/02/2013 - Cabinet (Item 20)

20 Oxford City Draft Charging Levy (Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)) Consultation Response pdf icon PDF 183 KB

Cabinet Member: Growth & Infrastructure

Forward Plan Ref: 2012/122

Contact: Roy Newton, Service Manager – Infrastructure Planning Tel: (01865) 815647

 

Report by Deputy Director for Environment & Economy – Strategy & Infrastructure Planning (CA9).

 

This report sets out the County Council's proposed response to the Oxford Draft Community Infrastructure Levy Schedule.  The levy will contribute funding to key infrastructure within the city and its introduction will mark a change in the ability to apply Section 106 panning obligations, to new development, within the City

 

The County Council has worked with Oxford City Council to inform the development of the Community Infrastructure Schedule.  It will continue to work with the City Council as the policy moves toward adoption and the mechanisms for delivery of infrastructure through CIL funding is developed further.

 

It is RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet approve the County Council’s response to the Oxford Draft Community Infrastructure Levy Schedule as set out in this report

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Minutes:

Cabinet had before them a report setting out the County Council's proposed response to the Oxford Draft Community Infrastructure Levy Schedule.

 

Councillor Hibbert-Biles in introducing the report commented that this was the first of the Schedules to come in from any of the Districts. She outlined the role that the Districts played as the charging and collecting authority and the role of S106 funding for site specific obligations.

 

Martin Tugwell, Deputy Director, Strategy & Infrastructure Planning outlined the issues the County Council needed to respond on as set out in detail in the report.

 

During discussion Cabinet highlighted their role to look at levies across the whole of the County  and to push for cross boundary consideration of charges.

 

RESOLVED:             to approve the County Council’s response to the Oxford Draft Community Infrastructure Levy Schedule as set out in this report