In the past, Havant Borough Council secured developer contributions through the use of S106 planning obligations. The government introduced CIL in April 2010. This was intended to replace the use of Section 106 funds (S106).

However, S106 contributions may be sought in addition to CIL where site specific measures are required to make a development acceptable. For example, affordable housing and specific highway or flood alleviation measures.

As the council implemented a CIL Charging Schedule on 1 August 2013, any S106 agreements will need to meet the three tests set out in the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended):

• Necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms
• directly related to the development
• fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development

Biodiversity Net Gain is newly introduced in 2024, from 12 February 2024 all ‘larger developments’ will be eligible and from 2 April 2024 ‘smaller’ developments. More information is provided on our dedicated Biodiversity Net Gain webpage.

All CIL and S106 monitoring is carried out by our Developer Contributions Team who can be contacted cil@havant.gov.uk