Request to clarify what documentation relating to Planning Obligations would need to be submitted as part of any application

The Act amends the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 so that development consent obligations can be entered into in connection with an application for an order granting development consent (s174 of the Act). Development consent obligations do not form part of the draft Order but they are important because they will affect the overall impact of a proposed development on the local area.
Promoters should agree at least the heads of terms of any development consent obligation with the relevant local authority before an application is submitted. Ideally a fully drafted agreement (or unilateral undertaking) which has been consulted upon and referred to in the consultation report should be included with the application. It is important that the local authority is able to take into account any development consent obligations in its local impact report and therefore the earlier the obligations can be produced and agreed the more robust the local impact report is likely to be.