[Politics] Goring Gap High Court challenge today

Snowflake said:

Are we talking about the same thing? There has been an alcohol license granted for the area of land south east of Amberely drive. This was granted by Horsham council after Worthing refused it.

There was a planning application to put a sand pit in and have a shipping container (to serve drinks and refreshments from) put on the land plus some other bits. That got rejected. There was also an application for change of use, but it was determined it could not happen and planning permission would be needed.
It’s now a wait and see until the next move happens. The planing inspectorate is reviewing the planning refusal.

Ultimately the applicant wants to build houses. They have been open about that.

But it is very much in Goring land wise, and Adur and Worthing councils remit on planning. Who aren’t flavour of the month with the applicant. I believe you are correct about the local plan.

Click to expand...

thedonkeycentrehalf said:

Yep, but not sure why Horsham would grant an alcohol licence when the land must either be in Worthing or Arun. Either way, hope the bloke fails in getting any other permissions.

Click to expand...

Creaky said:

The vast majority of homes in the UK, including those hundreds of years old, didn't make any contribution to the type of funding you suggest.

That was the responsibility of local government until 2010 when the Community Infrastructure Levy, (CIL), was Introduced.

Every new construction attracts this levy, even simple extensions to your own home if you fail to claim an exemption.

Surrey: Godalming couple's relief over £70k planning fee appeal

Waverley Borough Council is now agreeing to ensure that CIL charges can be appealed.

www.bbc.co.uk

We've recently completed a demolition and rebuild on the house we've lived in for 47 years and had to claim an exemption of over £50k.

Certainly developers can and are charged infrastructure levies, these however make little difference to the developer, they simply increase the selling price of the houses they build. In turn this drives up the price of existing properties, the difference being that the price difference doesn't go to local government but to the seller.

Click to expand...

Weststander said:

My experience of CIL and s106 is that developers themselves don’t effectively bear the cost …. but by paying that much less for the land, using their Residual Land Value methodology.

Click to expand...