Change to Pwll Trap plan's community benefits
Carmarthenshire councillors are being recommended to reduce the community benefits required to allow a St Clears housing development to go ahead.
Thursday’s meeting of the county council planning committee will discuss altering the Section 106 agreement that must be signed before the plans for housing on land alongside Tegfan, Pwll Trap, can be taken forward.
An officers’ report says that the original outline application was agreed in December 2007 subject to community benefits including a financial contribution towards the provision of off-site public open space/recreation facilities, at a rate of £1,000 per dwelling plus a one-off administrative fee of £10,000; a financial contribution towards the provision of education facilities within the local catchment area; and that 25 per cent of the homes built should be affordable housing.
The report adds: “Since that original decision the applicant has changed as well as the Agent involved in the proposed development. During the course of time and due to the downward trend of the economic climate and the drastic reduction in the availability of funding towards speculative house building the new developer has sought a reduction in the total contribution.”
The developer had provided information about abnormal development costs including providing an electricity supply and contributing towards the improvement of the water supply.
“In this case to enable the development to proceed to completion it is recommended that a reduction of community benefits be accepted to the provision of affordable dwellings only at a proportion of 18 per cent of the total number of dwellings proposed,” the report adds.
Thursday’s meeting of the county council planning committee will discuss altering the Section 106 agreement that must be signed before the plans for housing on land alongside Tegfan, Pwll Trap, can be taken forward.
An officers’ report says that the original outline application was agreed in December 2007 subject to community benefits including a financial contribution towards the provision of off-site public open space/recreation facilities, at a rate of £1,000 per dwelling plus a one-off administrative fee of £10,000; a financial contribution towards the provision of education facilities within the local catchment area; and that 25 per cent of the homes built should be affordable housing.
The report adds: “Since that original decision the applicant has changed as well as the Agent involved in the proposed development. During the course of time and due to the downward trend of the economic climate and the drastic reduction in the availability of funding towards speculative house building the new developer has sought a reduction in the total contribution.”
The developer had provided information about abnormal development costs including providing an electricity supply and contributing towards the improvement of the water supply.
“In this case to enable the development to proceed to completion it is recommended that a reduction of community benefits be accepted to the provision of affordable dwellings only at a proportion of 18 per cent of the total number of dwellings proposed,” the report adds.
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