Agenda item

The Leeds Community Infrastructure Levy: Future Date for Adoption of Charging Schedule and Approval of Associated Policies

To consider the report of the Director of City Development presenting the outcome of the Examiner’s report on the Leeds Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule, the proposed minor modifications to the final Charging Schedule and associated policies, and proposes a formal adoption date of 6th April 2015. 

 

Minutes:

Further to Minute No. 102, 9th October 2013, the Director of City Development submitted a report which presented the outcome of the Examiner’s report on the Leeds Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule, the proposed minor modifications to the final Charging Schedule and associated policies, and also proposed a formal adoption date of 6th April 2015.

 

RESOLVED –

(a)  That Executive Board recommend to Full Council that the contents of the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule be approved;

(b)  That Executive Board recommend to Full Council that the Community Infrastructure Levy be formally adopted in Leeds from 6th April 2015;

(c)  That the contents of the Regulation 123 List, Exceptional Circumstances Policy, Instalments Policy and the Statement of Discretionary Charitable Relief, be approved;

(d)   That as required following monitoring, approval be given for the Chief Planning Officer under delegated authority to make revisions to any of the policies and procedures detailed in resolution (c) (above) going forward;

(e)   That it be noted that the following steps will be undertaken in order to deliver the decisions of the Board:-

i. The Charging Schedule will be submitted to Full Council on 12th November 2014 for resolution to adopt.

ii. The timescales for the implementation of the decisions are, subject to the agreement of Executive Board and Full Council, that Leeds City Council will start charging the CIL from 6th April 2015.

iii. The Chief Planning Officer is the officer responsible for the implementation of such matters.

 

(The matters referred to in resolutions (a) and (b) above were not eligible for Call In, given that the approval of such matters are for the determination of full Council only)

 

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