| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ meeting 26/01/11 | |
| Posted by: | Cllr Robert Oulds | |
| Date/Time: | 02/02/11 17:02:00 |
| Dear Adrian, That is not quite the case. If there is a development which on balance the officers think should be approved, but it has a number of down sides then the Local Authority officers - according to national formula - impose a charge on the development to offset any problems. The particular development in question has access issues (probably not much worse than those generated by Grove Park Motors and servicing the Grove Park shops, but that is another matter) so it was possible to demand that the developers pay a sum towards traffic issues. This money known as S106 money can be used for the consultation. Personally I expressed the view that I would prefer it to go towards trying to find a possible solution to what is a tricky junction at the end of the railway bridge. The LBH traffic department, if it has not already done so, will be able to claim this money from the Council's S106 funds to pay for the consultation. They will also be able to use the money that the developers of Chiswick Business Park had to pay the Council to try and offset the traffic problems caused by that development. It saves taxpayer money. It is not a case of developers paying something, it is a case of the Council making developers pay them a given sum and then using it in a way that is relevant to the problems of a particular development. Developers do not choose to pay S106 money. Best wishes, Cllr Robert Oulds |