Small and Medium sized sites
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Recreation facilities on school
site, Cheshire East Council- NEW
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Sporting gain
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A single storey pavilion, a children’s
play area, and two multi use games areas.
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Type
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The development of 123 dwellings at a site
owned by Henbury High School in Macclesfield.
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Local authority
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Cheshire East (formerly Macclesfield
Borough Council)
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Secured by
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The recreation facilities will be provided
by the developer on site and then transferred to the council after
a 12 month period of satisfactory maintenance together with a sum
of money for their future maintenance (not to exceed 65% of
£120,000).
Due to economic situation the developer
has renegotiated the phasing of the works which have only just
started on site.
Macclesfield’s SPD S106 (Planning)
Agreements, 2004,
supports the use of planning obligations
and can be found in section 2.2 of this report.
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Refurbishment of local skate park, Guildford Borough
Council
| Sporting gain |
A developer contribution of £229K was used to establish a
LEAP within 0.9ha of open space and to refurbish an off-site skate
park at Stoke Park. |
| Type |
The redevelopment of
a 4.92ha site, formerly
DEFRA office buildings,to provide 200 homes. |
| Secured by |
S106 Agreement. Guildford’s SPD on
Infrastructure(2006) supported the use of planning
obligations to take account of the increased pressure
on the physical and social infrastructure of an area. The
Friends of Stoke Park agreed in February 2009 to survey the skate
park and recommend improvements |
| Local authority |
Guildford Borough Council |
Facilities secured across
Islington
| Sporting gain |
£750,000 to be used towards the reprovision of
sporting facilities within the locality of the development.
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| Type |
Hornsey Road Baths at Hornsey Road, Islington – the
refurbishment and redevelopment of the site to provide a mix of
uses comprising 206 residential units (including 62 affordable),
Class B1 use, Sure Start facility, Class A3 (cafe) and the change
of use of listed buildings to community theatre and associated
works |
| Secured by |
All residential and commercial development
make a contribution towards shortfall of sports hall provision and
projected shortfall in swimming pool provision, Islington’s Planning Obligations (S106) SPD,
adopted 2009.
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| Local authority |
London Borough of Islington |
Mixed use scheme on former
Electrolux site
| Sporting gain |
The provision of three equipped play areas together with the
transfer of associated open space to the Council. In
addition, there was a commitment of £52K for 10 year’s maintenance
of the play areas, £70K for 10 year’s maintenance of the open
space, and £84K as a contribution towards a new community
centre. |
| Proposal |
This is a mixed-use scheme with a residential development of
498 dwellings. |
| Location |
Electrolux site, Oakley Road
The site was formerly owned by Electrolux and is located some
two miles north west of Luton city centre.
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| Description |
The site covers some 40 hectares and was originally occupied by
a industrial complex. The residential element was built in
two phases, 233 units in phase 1 and 265 units in phase 2.
The remainder of the site occupied by Electrolux offices;
only the industrial element was closed. |
| Secured by |
S106 Agreement made jointly by Electrolux and Barratt Homes.
Policy LC2 of the second deposit draft of the local plan
2001-2011 requires an appropriate financial or other contribution
towards open space provision. The local authority is
preparing draft guidance as SPD with its new Local Development
Framework.
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| Approval date |
Phase 1 approved in 1998 and completed in 2000; and phase 2
approved in 2002 and completed in 2004 |
| Local authority |
Luton Borough Council |
Mixed-use development on former school site secures
on-site and off-site benefits for sport
| Sporting gain |
On-site playing field provision (2.6shectares) with full
community use and enhanced drainage specification. New leisure
centre to replace disused facility.
New primary school playing field to have community use and enhanced
drainage provision.
Off-site financial contribution towards qualitative improvements to
existing playing fields in the catchment, based on priorities
identified in the Rochford Playing Pitch Assessment (2002). |
| Proposal |
Mixed use development comprising Residential, Neighbourhood
Centre, Public Open Space, New Primary School and Leisure
Centre |
| Location |
Park School, Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh, Essex |
| Description |
Redevelopment of former secondary school site which closed in
1996. Playing rields (5.5 hectares) disused since that time and
leisure centre attached to former school closed in 2002.
Mixed use development would provide funding to supply new community
playing fields, new sports centre, new primary school and off-site
qualitative improvements to nearby playing fields via priorities
identified in local playing pitch strategy. |
| Secured by |
Planning Conditions and s.106 obligation |
| Approval date |
June 2003 |
| Local authority |
Rochford District Council |
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