Section 106: UK Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions

Planning obligations under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended, make development proposals acceptable by providing site-specific mitigation. The data is provided by the South Northamptonshire Council and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It describes agreements, often called developer contributions, which address the impact of development alongside highway contributions and the Community Infrastructure Levy.

Use Cases

• Mapping legal planning obligations based on the description of site-specific mitigation agreements.
• Analyzing developer contribution trends based on the concept of Section 106 agreements.
• Studying the relationship between planning policy and urban development based on the described legal mechanism.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a specific UK local authority, the South Northamptonshire Council.
• The description provides a clear legal context, referencing Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

South Northamptonshire Council

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:10.175236; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely South Northamptonshire, UK, based on the providing organization.