Where a Council offers Exceptional Circumstances Relief any application must demonstrate with compliance with Regulation 57 of the CIL Regs (2010). This includes an assessment of the cost of complying with the section 106 agreement and the economic viability of the chargeable development performed by an independent person with suitable qualifications appointed by the claimant with the agreement of the Council. What are the thoughts out there on what constitutes a suitable independent person? Particularly given it will be the Applicant paying for the assessment? Also should it be a requirement that this person has had no previous involvement in the Application? or with the Application for Relief? All thoughts welcome!
