Written questions

Property Development: Infrastructure

Commons · Question 31226 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 26 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of encouraging Community Infrastructure Levy contributions in place of S106 Agreements under Section 106 of the Town and Coun

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 26 Feb 2025

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is not intended to make individual planning applications acceptable in planning terms.As a result, some site-specific impact mitigation may still be necessary for a development to be granted planning permission.Some...