DECISION

1.    To approve the Tower Hamlets Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule (Appendix 1) for a six week public consultation including the charging zone maps and Regulation 123 List (the list of projects Tower Hamlets intends to be able to spend its CIL receipts on).

2.    To note the amended Infrastructure Planning and Funding Gap Report (Appendix 2) that forms part of the supporting evidence base to the Draft Charging Schedule. This document informs in respect of the infrastructure planning criteria Tower Hamlets must meet in order to implement a CIL Charging Schedule.

3.    To note the Community Infrastructure Levy: Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule - Summary of Consultation Reponses Report attached at (Appendix 3) that forms part of the supporting evidence base to the Draft Charging Schedule.

4.    To note BNP Paribas Real Estate’s Viability Study that forms part of the supporting evidence for the Draft Charging Schedule.

5.    To note the Cabinet report regarding the Planning Obligations SPD, running as a consecutive Agenda item, as relating to this report.

6.    To authorise the Corporate Director of Development and Renewal, in consultation with the Lead Members for Housing and Resources, to make any minor modifications to the Draft Charging Schedule and supporting evidence following the public consultation and to submit the Draft Charging Schedule and all supporting evidence, together with any proposed modifications, to the Planning Inspectorate for public examination.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)

(Service Head, Planning and Building Control (O. Whalley)

Decision

1.       To approve the Tower Hamlets Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule as set out in Appendix 1 for a 6 week public consultation period from 16th November 2012 to 2nd January 2013.

2.       To note the Equalities Analysis Scoping Report (Appendix 2), the Consultation Plan (Appendix 3), the Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Report (Appendix 4) and also the LBTH CIL Viability Study Report which is a supporting document and is available upon request.

3.       To delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Development and Renewal, in consultation with the Lead Members for Housing and Resources, to make editorial changes to the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule where necessary, prior to the beginning of the consultation period.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)

Infrastructure Planning Manager (A-M. Berni)