FOI request (FOIR-696052325)

Section106 (S106) agreements

Requested Fri 14 March 2025
Responded Tue 15 April 2025

In accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I write with the following requests for information. All timeframes specified relate to financial years.

1. How many Section 106 (S106) agreements were completed in financial years a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24, and c) 2024-25?

2. What was the average time taken from a planning application being validated to the completion of an associated S106 agreement in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24, and c) 2024-25?

3. What was the longest and shortest duration taken to complete a S106 agreement in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24, and c) 2024-25?

4. Do you have any internal targets or key performance indicators (KPIs) for S106 negotiation timescales? If so, please provide details.

5. How many S106 agreements took longer than 12 months to be agreed in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24, and c) 2024-25?

6. How many planning applications lapsed or were withdrawn due to delays in S106 negotiations in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24, and c) 2024-25?

7. How much was spent on external legal consultants on work to negotiate S106 agreements in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24, and c) 2024-25?

Should you be unable to answer any of the above questions, I would still appreciate information on the other requests at your earliest convenience.

Response

1. includes deeds of variations remaining questions

a. 9

b. 6

c. Information not held, year end not yet reached.

2. Date S106 Signed used to determine year:

2022-23: 384 Days

2023-24: 380 Days

2024-25: 501 Days

3. Date S106 Signed used to determine year:

2022-23 - 155 Days

2023-24 - 245 Days

2024-25 - 321 Days

4. No, but this is controlled by the resolution to grant which sets out a time limit within which the s106 should be engrossed in order to receive approval.

5. Date S106 Signed used to determine year:

2022-23: 3

2023-24: 3

2024-25: 1

6. None

7. Information not held.