Consultation on levy rate for developers

PROPOSALS DEAL WITH HOMES TO BE BUILT IN CALDERDALE

- By JOHN GREENWOOD

PROPOSALS on rates that will be levied on developers per square metre for homes they build in Calderdale will go out to consultation.

Developers have often paid sums of money to councils through legal agreements known as section 106 agreements if it is deemed they are necessary when new homes are built.

Agreements can cover infrastructure costs that developments might bring. For example, new schools or surgeries.

The agreements usually apply to the area of a new development, but a different charge - Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will apply to new homes and can be used to meet need in any part of the borough, senior Calderdale councillors heard.

Cabinet member for climate action and housing, Coun Scott Patient, said the CIL is intended to be the primary method of collecting non-site specific contributions for development or use of land.