Developers “running out of money” when it comes to giving back to the community

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Anyone experienced this please?

Is it common for a BIG developer to ‘run out of money’ when it comes to giving back to the community as per the T’s & C’s of the PP?

What do you mean? What was the developer meant to pay for?

No, the council should enforce it. But most of them don’t have the staff/resources to do so.

Yes. it happens constantly. Sometimes they'll quietly renegotiate the planning obligation with the Council, sometimes, they'll leave the development half completed if a lot of the obligations kick in at the end.

Councils can and should enforce it, but if they try to do so, the developers suddenly find some money again and it becomes an expensive and time consuming court battle.

This is why there is a move to a community infrastructure levy which is payable before the development starts rather than relying on a developer to stump on community facilities.