Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Planning Services seeking approval for the charging schedule for the Huntingdonshire Community Infrastructure Levy.

Unanimously approved the contents of the Huntingdonshire Community Infrastructure Levy - Charging Schedule, Declaration of Modification together with supporting documents, for submission to the Examiner; authorised the Head of Planning Services, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning and Housing, to make any minor amendments as necessary to the Huntingdonshire Community Infrastructure Levy - Charging Schedule and associated paperwork for submission for examination; and approved the legal declaration required under the Planning Act 2008 and CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended).

Further to Minute No 11/62, the Cabinet considered a report by the Head of Planning Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) outlining responses received to the final round of consultations on the Huntingdonshire Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule and a suggested modification that has been made as a result relating to the health levy rate.

The Managing Director (Communities, Partnerships and Projects) drew Members’ attention to a statement of modification clarifying the reasons for a reduction in the health levy rate, textural corrections to the draft Charging Schedule and reported that the Declaration required under Planning Act 2008 would now refer to Section 211 and 212 only. In supporting the submission of the documents to the Examiner, the Cabinet unanimously

RESOLVED

  (a)  that the Huntingdonshire Community Infrastructure Levy - Charging Schedule and Statement of Modification be approved, together with supporting documents, for submission to the Examiner;

  (b)  that the Head of Planning Services be authorised, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning and Housing, to make any minor amendments as necessary to the Huntingdonshire Community Infrastructure Levy - Charging Schedule and associated paperwork for submission for examination; and

  (c)  that the legal declaration required under the Planning Act 2008 and CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended) be approved.