Open space statement, other s106 contributions and management plans - Planning validation requirements

Description

An open spaces statement provides details of public amenity space in your proposal.

A Section 106 (S106) is a legal agreement between you as the developer and us as the Local Planning Authority. An S106 aims to make sure your proposed development makes a positive contribution to the local area and community.

A Management plan gives details of who will look after public space when you have finished your development.

Guidance

Open space statement

If your proposal is for a major development, you must submit an Open space statement. Your statement must:

set out the amount of land that proposed for public amenity space
include any open space, play space, formal sport space and allotments
show any land that is either to be used as Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS), or a combined use of SUDS and open space. This must be shown in the land amount figures

You can include your Open space statement as part of your planning statement.

S106 contribution

If your proposal is for a major development you need to make an S106 contribution. The level of this contribution depends on the scale of your proposed development. We will agree your S106 contribution with you during the application process.

You must provide details of your solicitor, so that any financial contributions can be secured.

We will agree any financial contributions with you through a unilateral undertaking or S106 agreement.

Management plan

If your proposal is for a major development, you must submit a management plan. Your plan must:

include who is responsible for maintaining the public space when your development is finished
provide details of open spaces including the roads and other public facilities, will be managed
show all land, including any private drives, which is to be managed by the management company

You can use our website to:

find out more about S106 agreements
apply for an open space contribution

You can get help and advice from our Duty Planner on open space statement, other s106 contributions and management plans and other types of planning applications.

You can get detailed feedback on your proposal by using our pre-application advice service.

Personal and confidential statement

We may publish any information you submit as part of your application. You must tell us if there is any information you do not want us to publish when you submit your application.

If however, we believe that this information is in the public interest, we reserve the right to publish it.

We may also decide parts of your submission are not in the public interest and may redact this information. This information may include telephone numbers, email addresses and signatures.

Depending on the details of your application, you may have to submit one or more of the following documents and information:

If your application is for one of these types of planning permission, you need to submit an Open space statement, Other S106 Contributions and Management plan if your proposal is for a major development.

Required by

National requirement. You can find details of this requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework
Local requirement. You can find details of this requirement in:
Local plan policy - LPP50
Local plan policy - LPP78
Local plan policy - SP6

These policies can be found in the Local Plan 2013 - 2033 document