I seriously hope that the local eco-weenie groups never get wind of this “Section 106 Agreement” out of the UK
Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows a local planning authority (LPA) to enter into a legally-binding agreement or planning obligation, with a land developer over a related issue. The obligation is sometimes termed as a ‘Section 106 agreement’.
Such agreements can cover almost any relevant issue and can include sums of money. Possible examples of S106 agreements could be:
- the developer will transfer ownership of an area of woodland to a LPA with a suitable fee to cover its future maintenance
- the local authority will restrict the development of an area of land, or permit only specified operations to be carried out on it in the future eg, amenity use
- the developer will plant a specified number of trees and maintain them for a number of years
- the developer will create a nature reserve
S106 agreements can act as a main instrument for placing restrictions on the developers, often requiring them to minimise the impact on the local community and to carry out tasks, which will provide community benefits.
We already have the Critical Areas Ordinance, which stipulates how much of your own land you are allowed to use and who you can sell it to and for what. This would be insane. And they’d call it “The Land Use Revenue Enhancement Act” or somesuch nonsense to get people OK with it.
Found at Samizdata