Large areas of land will be allocated for housing in and around various settlements in the district. If this were a single development the authority could require them to produce design, sustainability and building codes. For example, that produced by RedTree for Sherford. However, the authority has less leverage in encouraging developers to contribute to a unified design document when sites are smaller and spread out. Can anybody advise whether it is possible to require developers to contribute to the financial cost of producing detailed design guidance as a condition of the land allocation? It may then be that this contribution is subtracted from their s106 contribution which will be obtained later. Is the only answer to pay for the design code out of our reserves but then to pay ourselves back at S106 stage; taking a proportionate sum from each development site?
