The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010

Limitation on use of planning obligations

122.—(1) This regulation applies where a relevant determination is made which results in planning permission being granted for development.

(2) A planning obligation may only constitute a reason for granting planning permission for the development if the obligation is—

(a) necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms;

(b) directly related to the development; and

(c) fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development.

(3) In this regulation—

“planning obligation” means a planning obligation under section 106 of TCPA 1990 and includes a proposed planning obligation; and

“relevant determination” means a determination made on or after 6th April 2010—

(a)

under section 70, 76A or 77 of TCPA 1990(1) of an application for planning permission which is not an application to which section 73 of TCPA 1990 applies; or

(b)

under section 79 of TCPA 1990(2) of an appeal where the application which gives rise to the appeal is not one to which section 73 of TCPA 1990 applies.

(1)

Section 70 was amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34). Section 76A was inserted by section 44 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5). Section 77 was amended by section 40(2)(d) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, paragraph 18 of Schedule 7 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29).

(2)

Section 79 was amended by section 18 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 10 to the Planning Act 2008.