“there is no such thing as a free lunch. Developers must expect to fund a wider range of community benefits, which may seem to be remote from the proposed development.”
The lunch to which Martin Edwards and John Martin refer in
Although none of this can be said to be round the corner, the projected cost of a development still on the drawing board will presumably have to include an intelligent stab at the expense of complying with a new raft of planning obligations. For the time being, estimators will have to do the best they can with the consultation paper.
“there is no such thing as a free lunch. Developers must expect to fund a wider range of community benefits, which may seem to be remote from the proposed development.”
The lunch to which Martin Edwards and John Martin refer in The way ahead? Estates Gazette 9 February 2002, p148, will offer a selection of the various streamlining proposals contained in the government consultation paper published on 19 December 2001. The apprehended dolorosa will be based upon one or more of the government’s ideas (neatly set out in the article) for recasting and widening the planning obligations that can presently be assumed under section 106 of the 1990 Act.
Although none of this can be said to be round the corner, the projected cost of a development still on the drawing board will presumably have to include an intelligent stab at the expense of complying with a new raft of planning obligations. For the time being, estimators will have to do the best they can with the consultation paper.
