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Blow for travel plans as court rules monitoring fees are illegal

20 March 2015
Armitage: travel plans “box-ticking exercises”
Armitage: travel plans “box-ticking exercises”

 

Questions have been raised about the future of travel plans for new developments after a court ruling that local authorities in England cannot require developers to pay fees towards the administration and monitoring of Section 106 planning obligations. 

Many councils use fees to pay  for the costs of monitoring travel plans. The legal case centred on Oxfordshire County Council, which had required a developer to make a payment of £3,750  towards administration and monitoring...

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