Date submitted: 25 August 2016

Summary of request

Please provide the following details for all developer contributions agreed (not received) under Section 106 planning agreements including affordable housing contributions:

– Value of contribution
– Purpose of contribution
– Planning application reference number

Please provide these details for the following 10x financial years:

– 01/04/2004 – 31/03/2005
– 01/04/2005 – 31/03/2006
– 01/04/2006 – 31/03/2007
– 01/04/2007 – 31/03/2008
– 01/04/2008 – 31/03/2009
– 01/04/2009 – 31/03/2010
– 01/04/2010 – 31/03/2011
– 01/04/2011 – 31/03/2012
– 01/04/2012 – 31/03/2013
– 01/04/2013 – 31/03/2014

Summary of response

We do not hold this information in a format which enables us to easily identify the financial contributions that were due to EDDC arising from s106 agreements in each financial year, or identify the purpose of a contribution. To find this detail we would need to check through each agreement during the stated time period.

We know that it has taken an experienced officer some 6 hours to search through 200 of these documents and we estimate that to search through each of the agreements per year over a ten year span to locate the ones specifically relevant to your request, will exceed the 18 hours permitted. This information is therefore exempt from disclosure under s12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.