Planning Permission has been finally given for a Waitrose supermarket (the planning permission just states a supermarket, but we all know who it will be) and 170 new houses in Chipping Sodbury.
As Conveyancing Solicitors in Chipping Sodbury we are always delighted to put a Conveyancing angle on important local matters.
You can read my previous post here "Aspirational Chipping Sodbury and the Waitrose Effect"
Section 106 Agreement:
The grant of planning permission for the Waitrose supermarket is the culmination of six or so years planning and preparation.
As with all major planning permissions there is a formal legal deed called a Section 106 Agreement under the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act which all relevant parties enter into with the local authority.
Section 106 agreements deal with the provision of infrastructure around developments.
South Gloucestershire Council has imposed conditions in return for the grant of planning permission for the Supermarket and additional housing in Chipping Sodbury.
The "Waitrose" Section 106 Agreement
The main conditions include creating a new access road, extension of existing car park, provision of a new footbridge giving access directly off Chipping Sodbury High Street.
The Section 106 agreement has also called for financial contributions for other matters not directly associated with a supermarket such as a contribution towards publically accessible art; some of the houses on the development will be for social low cost accommodation; a contribution towards the provision of educational facilities; further contributions for the upkeep of off site public open spaces, local library and improvement s to public transport are included.
;You can read the full Waitrose Chipping Sodbury Planning permission here and the full Section 106 Agreement here.
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