Issue - meetings
Use of Section 106 Open Space Payments – update and options for the next 12 months
Meeting: 13/12/2011 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Culture, Leisure and Communities (Item 26)
26 Improving York's Green Spaces: Use of Section 106 Funds 
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This report is brought to the Cabinet Member in response to the policy paper Improving York’s Green Spaces: Use of Section 106 fundsagreed at the July Cabinet Member decision session for Leisure, Culture and Social Inclusion. It seeks the approval of the Cabinet Member to use Section 106 payments to improve York’s green spaces as set out in Annex 1 to the report.
Decision:
RESOLVED:
(i) That the use of section 106 funds on those schemes identified in Annex 1 of the report be approved.
(ii) That the suggestions for further and/or alternative schemes for inclusion in Annex 1 of the report be delegated to officers.
(iii) That further updates be given on an annual basis.
Reason: To meet the ambitions of the Local Development Framework and the legal requirements of each section 106 payment agreed by the Council.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member considered a report that sought her approval to use Section 106 payments to improve York’s green spaces as set out in Annex 1 of the report.
Officers gave an update and informed the Cabinet Member that section 106 payments received by the council must be used for the benefit of the residents who will live in the development which is generating the payment.
In answer to the Cabinet Members questions, officers confirmed that Parish Council’s do have control on where to spend smaller sums of money but larger sums were split between the Parish Council’s and the Sports Programme which would allow some funds to be allocated to a sports club within the same ward.
The Cabinet Member thanked officers for the report and confirmed that this information kept the Parish Council’s and Local Councillor’s informed about what was happening in their wards.
RESOLVED:
(i) That the use of section 106 funds on those schemes identified in Annex 1 of the report be approved.
(ii) That the suggestions for further and/or alternative schemes for inclusion in Annex 1 of the report be delegated to officers.
(iii) That further updates be given on an annual basis.
Reason: To meet the ambitions of the Local Development Framework and the legal requirements of each section 106 payment agreed by the Council.