Planning Bill
4:30 pm
Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe, Labour)
I shall come on to an issue that I raised this morning with the representatives of the CBI, who commented on it. Essentially, the skills that your planning officers have relate to looking at the types, nature and appropriateness of development and the nature of the charge that we are perhaps getting towards, and the community infrastructure levy would look at those sorts of issues in determining the charge for particular schemes. One aspect, however, that is in the Bill and can be considered when determining the nature or size of the levy is the uplift in valuation that arises when value on the site is increased. Would you have concerns about that criterion being used to calculate the levy and would that cause concerns for planners as it is not a skill they normally have in their locker?