Deriving Benefit from Section 106 Agreements for Community Purposes
Action	Resp.	Implementation   Date	Budget £ (000)	Outcome Measure	Monitored By	How outcome is to be achieved and measured	Benefits & Risks	Local PI	PDP	Training Requirement
Consult on draft  criteria with Service Departments	AA, Major Applications Officer	Jul-05	NA	Agreed Strategy Published	AA, Major Applications Officer	Feed back results of consultation, and improvements made to service as a result.	Benefit :  Involvement of key service providers                                Risk :  Lack of commitment by other service areas	Local PI's should be developed for attaining services expectations of Sec106's	Should be in Major Apps officers PDP	None
Establish service departments priorities which can be enabled by Section 106 Agreements.	AA, Major Applications Officer	08-05	NA	Service Departments designating priorities	AA, Major Applications Officer	Agree and document service department need and priorities	Benefit :  Involvement of key service providers                                Risk :  Lack of commitment by other service areas	N/A	Should be in Major Apps officers PDP	None
Establish system for monthly updates of S106 projects	AA, Major Applications Officer	Jul-05	NA	System agreed & implemented.  Suggested measures, those started, those completed, objectives achieved.	AA, Major Applications Officer	Monitoring process by which progress on schemes funded by S106 is handled will be agreed between all parties involved	Benefit : Performance management of 106's	PI  will be developed for benefit gained from 106's	Should be in Major Apps officers PDP	None
Agree financial monitoring process for spend on S106 projects	Major Applications Officer , AA, & Treasurer	Jul-05	NA	System agreed & implemented.                            Ability to monitor financial gain for Community projects.	AA, Major Applications Officer	Agreed protocol for monthly monitoring of income and expenditure	Benefit : Proper control of financial aspects of section 106's.	N/A	Should be in Major Apps officers PDP	None
Ensure clear reporting mechanism to Committee on S106 Agreements	Major applications officer,  Committee Services	Jul-05	NA	Agreed process implemented.	AA, Major Applications Officer	Agreed protocol with committee services	Risk : Protocol not in place	N/A	Should be in Major Apps officers PDP	None
Produce a standard template for S106 Agreements	Major Applications Officer, Legal Services	Jul-05	NA	Less delay in major applications due to negotiation.                                                             More applications submitted with legal agreements drafted.                                           Ability to inform interested stakeholders	AA, Major Applications Officer	Monitor % of Major Applications agreed within 13 weeks - with S106 Agreements.	Benefit : speed with which Sec 106's are being dealt                       Applicant aware of requirements early in negotiations	N/A	Should be in Major Apps officers PDP	None
Produce and Agree a Service Level Agreement with Legal Services on Sec106's and other issues	AA, Major Applications Officer, Legal Services	Jul-05	NA	SLA in place which defines expectations of both parties.	AA, Major Applications Officer	Investigate all options for provision of legal services with John Lawson.  Include measures of performance within SLA	Risk :  Lack of agreement on SLA contents	N/A	Should be in Major Apps officers PDP	None
Deriving Benefit from Section 106 Agreements for Community Purposes
Action	Resp.	Implementation   Date	Budget £ (000)	Outcome Measure	Monitored By	How outcome is to be achieved and measured	Benefits & Risks	Local PI	PDP	Training Requirement
Appointment of Major Applications Manager	AA	Apr-05	Existing ,  plus additional 15	Development of  role of post                       Implementation of Development Team Approach                                                             Ability to consistantly meet BVPI's for majors	AA	Evaluate new role and grading                                        Advertise post                                                            Appoint to post	Ability to enable corporate aims through this role                     Ability to meet targets                                                                       Higher profile for role within the council                                      Greater cu	Local PI's re 106 benefits.  Major Apps National BVPI already in place	Monitoring Sec106's needs to be in Major Applications Officer's PDP	Potential training for  Major Applications Officer
Establish a Development Team as a single point of contact for major applications, ensure key members of team are trained in project management.   Establish service level agreements with major stakeholders.	Project	Jul-05	NA	Inclusion of Key Stakeholders.  Meet targets for major applications, 2004 55%, 2005 60%. The team would act as 1st point of contact for major applications.  Monitor progress of individual applications within target timescales. Delivery of economically led	SMT	Look at the Economic Development Partnership Protocol, with a view to the involvement of external and internal partners.   Eg EA, EH, Tourism, Legal, Property Svcs, Highways, Environment, Housing, AONB, Archaeology, Crime & Disorder.  Include measures of	Smoother delivery of major aplications.                                               Risk : lack of commitment from potential partners	Local PI's to be developed	Major Applications Officer	Project management training for Major Applications Team
Ensure corporate buy-in to Development Team approach, departments and individuals willing and able to contribute.  Ensure results are published through media strategy	Project	Jul-05	NA	Agreement by Directors Group to the Development Team approach, and publicity of results.	AA	Paper needed to Directors Group, examples of contributions needed and importance to development appreciated.   Link to media strategy.	Benefit: Co-ordinated approach to Major Applications and regeneration .                                       Risk : Lack of commitment by other services	N/A	Major Applications Officer	None
Prepare a draft protocol for  processing S106 Agreements.	AA	Jul-05	NA	Updated Programme Published	AA	Protocol will be drawn up and agreed by DC and Legal services .	Shared understanding of process, leading to faster delivery of Agreements	N/A	AA	None
Write draft criteria for applications suitable for Section 106 Agreements	AA	Jul-05	NA	Draft Strategy Published	AA	By establishing key thresholds for  suitable applications	Ability to trigger Sec106 process early thus enabling faster processing of agreements	N/A	Major Applications Officer	None