Planning, building and the environment

Circular 05/05: Planning Obligations

Published 18 July 2005
Type(s) Circular and official letters
Site Planning, building and the environment
ISBN 0 11 753948 1
Price £7.50 (free to download below)

Summary

The purpose of this Circular is to provide guidance on the use of planning obligations in England under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as substituted by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.

Planning obligations (or 's106 agreements') are private agreements negotiated, usually in the context of planning applications, between local planning authorities and persons with an interest in a piece of land, and intended to make acceptable development which would otherwise be unacceptable in planning terms. Obligations can also be secured through unilateral undertakings by developers.

This Circular replaces Department of the Environment Circular 01/97, which is hereby cancelled.

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