Object
Draft Planning Obligations SPD
Representation ID: 28527
Received: 11/07/2014
Respondent: Savills
Agent: Savills
Section 7
Public art is not reasonably necessary for the grant of planning permission and should be removed from this document. The inclusion of these sorts of obligations place an unnecessary burden on the developer which could seriously threaten the delivery of the objectively assessed housing need and the objectives of the Plan as stated in The NPPG(2014)(Ref ID:23b-004-20140306)
It is therefore strongly advise that the City Council should remove reference to Public Art in Table 1. Public art, whilst possibly desirable, cannot be said to meet the tests in CiL Regulation 122 and cannot therefore be funded through S106. See Details.
Section 7
Public art is not reasonably necessary for the grant of planning permission and should be removed from this document. The inclusion of these sorts of obligations place an unnecessary burden on the developer which could seriously threaten the delivery of the objectively assessed housing need and the objectives of the Plan.
The NPPG (2014) specifically refers to public art as
"clearly not necessary to make a development acceptable in planning terms" (NPPG Ref ID:23b-004-20140306).
It is therefore strongly advise that the City Council should remove reference to Public Art in Table 1. Public art, whilst possibly desirable, cannot be said to meet the tests in CiL Regulation 122 and cannot therefore be funded through S106.