2023 Action Scorecards

Action Scorecards 2023

Question: Has the council raised income for climate action from property development?

Question code
4.10a
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Funding sources
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
High

Criteria

Criteria is met if the council has used either the Community Infrastructure Levy or Section 106 to raise any amount of funds for climate action, in England and Wales. There must be explicit reference to these funds being used for climate action, such as being used to deliver the council's climate action plan.

In Scotland, the criteria is met if the council has used section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.
In Northern Ireland, the criteria is met if the council has used section 76 of the 2011 Planning Act.

Clarifications

The Community Infrastructure Levy is a charge that local authorities can set on new development in order to raise funds to help fund specific projects, such as the infrastructure, facilities and services needed to support new homes and businesses.

Section 106 are legal agreements between Local Authorities and developers linked to planning permissions, which can include councils requiring developers to build specific community infrastructure (such as bus and cycles lanes) or provide finance for specific council projects. They can also be known as planning obligations.

Section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is similar to section 106, where the council can require conditions of the developers, such as building specific community infrastructure or providing finance for specific council projects.

Section 76 of the 2011 Planning Act is similar to section 106, where the council can require conditions of the developers, such as building specific community infrastructure or providing finance for specific council projects.

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CouncilScoreEvidence
Derbyshire County Council1/1derbyshire.gov.uk
Hertfordshire County Council1/1hertfordshire.gov.uk
Leicestershire County Council1/1willmottdixon.co.uk
Warwickshire County Council1/1api.warwickshire.gov.uk
Cambridgeshire County Council0/1
Devon County Council0/1
East Sussex County Council0/1
Essex County Council0/1
Gloucestershire County Council0/1
Hampshire County Council0/1
Kent County Council0/1
Lancashire County Council0/1
Lincolnshire County Council0/1
Norfolk County Council0/1
Nottinghamshire County Council0/1
Oxfordshire County Council0/1
Staffordshire County Council0/1
Suffolk County Council0/1
Surrey County Council0/1
West Sussex County Council0/1
Worcestershire County Council0/1