FOI release

S106 Levy

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2024/00703

Published 24 April 2024

Request

Please advise total amount of 106 funding Herefordshire Council have received in the last 10 years.

Where do I find where its been spent ?

Does any of that contribution relate to development in Bircher ward? If so how much?

Response

Please advise total amount of 106 funding Herefordshire Council have received in the last 10 years.

A) The total section 106 monies received by Herefordshire Council for the period 17 April 2014 to 17 April 2024 is £19,505,523.59.

Where do I find where it's been spent?

A) This information is publically available on the Herefordshire Council website. The council has had a statutory duty since 2019 to publish annually an Infrastructure Funding Statement which details where section 106 monies have been spent. Please find a link to information on the Infrastructure Funding Statement on the council website:

Section 106 planning obligations - Herefordshire Council

The Herefordshire Council Infrastructure Funding Statements can be found in the following link:

Community Infrastructure Levy - Herefordshire Council

With regards to information on section 106 spend before 2019, this information can be supplied in relation to a specific planning application site by sending the request to S106@herefordshire.gov.uk

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

Does any of that contribution relate to development in Bircher ward? If so how much?

A) Yes, Herefordshire Council has received section 106 contributions in the Bircher ward.

The section 106 monies received for the Bircher ward in the period 17 April 2014 to 17 April 2024 is £534,142.00.

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