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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing
Posted by: Simon Hayes
Date/Time: 13/06/22 07:47:00

Wow, some very simplistic reasoning from the cycling brigade. Perhaps try haven’t been following the planning debacles in Ealing over the past decade.

Councils are entitled to collect money from developers as part of any granting of planning permission, under what’s called a Section 106 agreement. That money is supposed to be used to provide the infrastructure required to service the population growth (and cycling infrastructure doesn’t count). This includes medical facilities and other essentials.

Ealing has been spectacularly poor in declaring how much it has taken from developers or where the money has been spent. It’s clear that many developments have had little or no s106 money used to provide the basics. The consensus is that Julian Bell, Peter Mason and the rest of the planning cohort wanted to keep their developer friends ‘onside’ to continue making Ealing an attractive proposition. Obviously those MIPIM freebies to Cannes weren’t in vain.

An alternative to s106 agreements has been available for years, the Community Infrastructure Levy. As the name implies that money has to be spent on providing such things as GP surgeries, schools and all the rest. It’s ring fenced for those types of project and is calculated on the square metrage of the development. The sums would be more substantial than s106 monies given the size of developments locally.

Ealing won’t introduce the CIL, despite having it under ‘consideration’ since 2016, largely because it prefers profits to stay in the hands of developers rather than being distributed for the benefit of residents. That policy isn’t going to change any time soon.


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More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 09:45:00 Kenneth Day
   Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 14:53:00 Raymond Havelock
   Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 16:29:00 James Putland
      Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 17:17:00 Keith Iddon
         Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 17:42:00 Sue Rowe
            Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 19:05:00 Keith Iddon
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 19:33:00 Terry Freestone
         Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing10/06/22 05:43:00 James Putland
   Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 19:25:00 Susan Kelly
      Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 19:42:00 Keith Iddon
         Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 21:09:00 Simon Hayes
            Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing09/06/22 21:18:00 Raymond Havelock
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing10/06/22 08:05:00 Susan Kelly
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing10/06/22 08:43:00 Raymond Havelock
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing10/06/22 11:56:00 Keith Iddon
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing11/06/22 19:25:00 Raymond Havelock
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing11/06/22 20:22:00 Rosco White
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing11/06/22 20:24:00 Rosco White
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 08:41:00 Susan Kelly
   Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 08:38:00 Tony Heath
      Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 09:46:00 Raymond Havelock
         Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 12:55:00 Bettina Margaret Thwaite
            Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 19:17:00 Paul Richard James
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 20:06:00 David Burke
            Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 21:35:00 Bettina Margaret Thwaite
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 21:59:00 David Burke
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing12/06/22 22:48:00 N V Brooks
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 07:47:00 Simon Hayes
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 08:34:00 Raymond Havelock
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 10:26:00 Paul Richard James
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 10:31:00 Simon Hayes
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 10:45:00 Peter King
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 11:46:00 Paul Richard James
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 11:45:00 Paul Richard James
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing13/06/22 12:42:00 Simon Hayes
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing14/06/22 07:56:00 Bettina Margaret Thwaite
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing14/06/22 19:44:00 Raymond Havelock
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing15/06/22 09:48:00 Rosco White
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing16/06/22 09:08:00 Raymond Havelock
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:More flats - over Waitrose West Ealing16/06/22 12:30:00 Rosco White

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