{"id":6823,"date":"2026-02-16T10:50:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning-new\/?post_type=dcc_docs_document&#038;p=6823"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:56:14","slug":"devon-county-council-infrastructure-funding-statement-2023-2024-accessible-document","status":"publish","type":"dcc_docs_document","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/document\/devon-county-council-infrastructure-funding-statement-2023-2024-accessible-document\/","title":{"rendered":"Devon County Council Infrastructure Funding Statement 2023\/2024 (Accessible Document)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column doc-aside is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#authorisation-sheet\">Authorisation Sheet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#v\">1. Introduction<\/a><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#1\">1.1 Infrastructure Funding Statement<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#1-1\">1.2 Scope and Structure of this statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#s\">Summary<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#devon-county-council-and-infrastructure\">2. Devon County Council and Infrastructure<\/a><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2-1-devon-county-councils-strategic-plan-2021-2025\">2.1. Devon County Council\u2019s Strategic Plan 2021-2025<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2-2-devon-county-councils-role-and-responsibilities\">2.2. Devon County Council\u2019s Role and Responsibilities<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2-3-funding-infrastructure\">2.3. Funding Infrastructure<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#section-106-report\">3. Section 106 Report<\/a><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#3-1-money-agreed-in-2023-24\">3.1. Money agreed in 2023\/24<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#3-2-money-received-in-2023-24\">3.2. Money received in 2023\/24<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#3-3-money-retained-after-31-march-2024\">3.3. Money retained after 31 March 2024<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#community-infrastructure-levy\">4. Community Infrastructure Levy<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#future-spending-priorities-on-infrastructure\">5. Future Spending Priorities on Infrastructure<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"dcc-documents-cpt-fixed dccdocs-sticky dccdocs-hidden\">\r\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\r\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\r\n            <div class=\"cell medium-12\">\r\n                <a class=\"back-to-top hide-for-print\" href=\"#content\"><svg class=\"app-c-back-to-top__icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"13\" height=\"17\" viewBox=\"0 0 13 17\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M6.5 0L0 6.5 1.4 8l4-4v12.7h2V4l4.3 4L13 6.4z\"><\/path><\/svg> Contents<\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column doc-content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<article class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"authorisation-sheet\">Authorisation Sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Product Title<\/th><td>Infrastructure Funding Statement 2023\/24<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Version Control:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Revision Date<\/strong><\/th><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Status<\/strong><\/th><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Comment<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>14\/10\/2025<\/td><td>V1 Final<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Produced by (who is the author of the document):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/th><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Role<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Alison Balsdon<\/td><td>Senior Planning Officer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reviewed and checked by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/th><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Role<\/strong><\/th><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Andy Williams &amp;<br>Jennie Curnow<\/td><td>Senior Accountant &#8211; Capital<\/td><td>11\/11\/2025<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final sign off by individual named under Accountable and signed off by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/th><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Role<\/strong><\/th><th scope=\"col\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Sarah Ratnage<\/td><td>County Planning Manager<\/td><td>17\/11\/2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"v\">1. Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1\">1.1 Infrastructure Funding Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1.1.1. There is a requirement for any Local Planning Authority that receives a contribution from development, either through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) or an agreement under Section 106 (S106) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), to produce an annual Infrastructure Funding Statement.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-1\">1.2 Scope and Structure of this statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1.2.1.&nbsp; &nbsp;This Infrastructure Funding Statement sets out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The role and responsibility of Devon County Council, as the local authority, when it comes to infrastructure provision as well as how Devon County Council funds infrastructure;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A S106 report for the 2023\/24 financial year (1st&nbsp;&nbsp;April 2023 \u2013 31st March 2024) including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>monetary and non-monetary contributions secured for infrastructure through signed &nbsp;S106 agreements;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S106 monies received;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S106 monies spent by the authority; and <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>monies remaining with the authority to spend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A report on the CIL monies received by Devon County Council in the 2023\/24 financial year, and the projects this has been, or will be, spent on; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The future infrastructure spending priorities for the County Council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>1.2.2.&nbsp; &nbsp;The Statement also includes details of money from Section 278 agreements (Highways Act 1980). The Statement does not detail all funding sources that may complement planning obligations to deliver infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.2.3.&nbsp; &nbsp;The following terms are used within this document and are defined as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Agreed <\/strong>\u2013 Contributions, either monetary or non-monetary, that have been agreed within a signed legal agreement (e.g. S106 document). Non-monetary contributions (relatively small in number), could include land for infrastructure being transferred to Devon County Council or infrastructure being delivered directly by developers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Received&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Monetary&nbsp;contributions&nbsp;that&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;paid&nbsp;to&nbsp;Devon County Council as a result of planning obligations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Allocated <\/strong>\u2013 Monetary contributions that have been received and are committed to fund infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spent <\/strong>\u2013 Monetary contributions that have been spent on infrastructure by Devon County Council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No.2) Regulations 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"s\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-619x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6202\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"devon-county-council-and-infrastructure\">2. Devon County Council and Infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-1-devon-county-councils-strategic-plan-2021-2025\">2.1. Devon County Council\u2019s Strategic Plan 2021-2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2.1.1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Devon County Council\u2019s Strategic Plan 2021-2025<\/span>, which covers the period of this statement, sets out the Council\u2019s Vision to be the best place to grow up, live well and prosper. As part of this, the Plan sets out six priorities which includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Responding to the climate emergency;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Being ambitious for children and young people;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting sustainable economic recovery;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tackling poverty and inequality;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improving health and wellbeing; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helping communities be safe, connected and resilient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-2-devon-county-councils-role-and-responsibilities\">2.2. Devon County Council\u2019s Role and Responsibilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.1. Although Devon County Council is not the planning authority responsible for housing, employment and retail, it has a significant role in securing new, and maintaining existing, infrastructure and services required to support development and the people of Devon in order to meet the Council\u2019s Strategic Plan priorities. This includes infrastructure and services for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Transport;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waste management;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social care;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community facilities (e.g. libraries and youth facilities); Flood risk management; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental enhancements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.2. Devon County Council works closely with the district councils across Devon to identify what infrastructure, within the County Council\u2019s remit, is needed to support development. This is carried out when local plans are being developed when the impacts of development on existing infrastructure are examined. This work informs and influences the emerging policy and Infrastructure Delivery Plans, which identify what infrastructure items are required and when, as well as approximate costs and possible funding sources. Devon County Council also produces plans for specific areas of infrastructure, setting out the priorities for each service area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.3. When development proposals come forward, Devon County Council also responds to planning applications to ensure the proposals take into account the necessary infrastructure requirements at this stage and that this is secured, where necessary, through planning obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.4. The service areas in which Devon County Council has a responsibility are outlined below, along with any document or plan prepared for the provision of infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Transport Infrastructure<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2.2.5. As the Local Highway Authority and the Local Transport Authority (at the time of which this report covers \u2013 2023\/24), the County Council has a responsibility to develop and deliver transport schemes to support development and growth, this could include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Providing new strategic multi-use infrastructure to promote active travel;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working with other organisations to deliver stations and improve the rail network;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensuring the public bus services are sufficient; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increasing highway capacity by providing new junctions and roads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.6. Devon County Council has produced a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Transport Infrastructure Plan <\/span>(March 2020) which guides the focus and prioritisation of resources within the authority and provides longer term clarity on the County&#8217;s transport infrastructure delivery. The Plan lists the transport infrastructure which has been identified to deliver growth across the county. The Transport Capital Programme adds to this and sets out the detail for current and future spending, including of planning obligations, and priorities for infrastructure across Devon in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Education<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2.2.7. As Local Education Authority, the County Council is responsible for planning and providing a sufficient number of school places to meet Devon\u2019s need. This includes places for early years, primary and secondary age pupils, including those requiring specialist educational provision.  Usually, existing schools are expanded, or new schools are built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.8. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Education Infrastructure Plan<\/span> (October 2016), produced by Devon County Council, outlines the key infrastructure requirements for primary, secondary and pupils with special educational needs to support Devon\u2019s growth to 2033. The Plan also sets out the approach to capital investment in education infrastructure, informing the capital programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Community Facilities<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2.2.9. This covers a number of areas including waste management, social care and library and youth services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Waste Management<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.10. As Waste Disposal Authority, the County Council is responsible for managing waste that is collected from households. The County Council also provides household waste recycling centres. As the population grows, capacity at the recycling centres may need to be increased. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Resource and Waste Management Strategy for Devon and Torbay 2020-2030<\/span> has been prepared to set out how Devon Authorities will manage waste. For Devon County Council this includes identifying the need for new and\/or improved household waste recycling centres across the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Social Care<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2.2.11. The County Council has a role to provide care for the elderly, vulnerable children, people with disabilities, and people with poor mental health. Whilst the majority of the County Council\u2019s assistance is through community based personal care and support services, it also has a commissioning role in respect of residential and nursing care home provision, extra care housing, and various models of supported living or \u2018housing with care\u2019. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Extra Care Housing Commissioning Strategy (August 2015)<\/span> sets out the requirements for extra care housing in Devon using demographic projections. The County Council also provides children\u2019s services, such as securing family hubs in new developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Library and youth services<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2.2.12. The County Council also has a role in providing community facilities, such as library and youth services. Devon County Council has a duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service to people living, working and studying in the local area. The County Council also aims to provide youth<br>services that allow young people to have access to information, advice and guidance, and that assist in providing activities and entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Flood Risk Management<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.13. There are a number of organisations that have roles in flood risk management. The County Council is the Lead Local Flood Authority for its area and is responsible for taking a strategic overview and managing local sources of flood risk in Devon, such as surface water, groundwater and minor rivers classed as Ordinary Watercourses. This includes being a statutory consultee to the Local Planning Authorities, ensuring development adequately manages flood risk, by providing sustainable drainage systems, where possible, and delivering flood risk management schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Environmental Mitigation and Enhancements<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.2.14. Devon County Council is also the Waste Planning Authority and Mineral Planning Authority, being the determining authority for planning applications for this type of development. In these circumstances, Devon County Council has a role in relation to the environment &#8211; protecting, conserving, and enhancing the landscape, biodiversity and the historic environment. Sometimes proposed developments may require a S106 agreement to secure mitigation which could be off-site improvements or a monetary contribution for the County Council to spend appropriately. The Environment Act 2021 came into force in November 2021 and is likely to increase the amount of contributions secured for environmental mitigation and enhancement, particularly with the introduction of biodiversity net gain and Local Nature Recovery Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-3-funding-infrastructure\">2.3. Funding Infrastructure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.1. Devon County Council funds infrastructure in various ways. To provide new or expand existing infrastructure due to new development, the County Council relies on developer contributions, also known as planning obligations. Therefore, Devon County Council often requests either monetary contributions or the direct provision of this infrastructure through legal agreements (e.g. S106 agreements) that accompany planning permissions for housing or other relevant development. Devon County Council also requests a proportion of the CIL receipts collected by the CIL charging district planning authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Section 106 agreements<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.2. Section 106 agreements accompany planning permissions and, for Devon County Council, usually contain a specific amount of money requested for an infrastructure item and triggers of when this should be paid, normally directly to Devon County Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.3. Devon County Council has a number of policies setting out its approach to requesting these contributions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ducation Approach for Developer Contributions<\/span>; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Waste Management and Recycling \u2013 Development Contribution<br>Methodology<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Community Infrastructure Levy<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.4. CIL is a levy charged on the floorspace of a proposed development. Each CIL charging authority produces a list identifying what CIL receipts are intended to be spent on, which will be set out in their Infrastructure Funding Statement. This often includes specific projects relating to schools, sustainable transport or highway improvements. Any CIL monies paid by developers is paid directly to the relevant district planning authority, as the CIL charging authority. A proportion of the CIL monies received by the relevant charging authority is passed to the parish\/town Council within which the development has taken place. Devon County Council does not automatically receive CIL money and therefore makes requests to the districts and\/or parish and town councils when necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.5. The CIL charging authorities are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>East Devon District Council;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exeter City Council; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teignbridge District Council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2.3.6. Devon County Council has worked with the district planning authorities in producing these lists to ensure the County Council\u2019s infrastructure priorities are reflected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">External funding<\/span><br>2.3.7. Although this Statement focuses on planning obligations, at times, additional funding is made available to the County Council to deliver infrastructure. This funding supports all types of infrastructure, with some relying on these sources of funding more than others. For example, to date, <strong>flood risk management <\/strong>schemes have rarely benefited from S106 contributions or CIL money, instead the County Council heavily relies on bids to national and regional flood and coastal risk management funding<br>sources. These bids, if successful, supplement the funding provided directly by local authority capital budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.8. On the other hand, <strong>education<\/strong>, for example, greatly relies on planning obligations to deliver pupil places. Although government grant funding is received to help ensure sufficient school places and school maintenance, such as Basic Need and Capital Maintenance, there is considerable uncertainty about the future scale and nature of such funding. It is also important to note that this funding does not provide for the increase in provision needed to mitigate the impact of new development. Planning obligations are therefore vital for the delivery of school places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.9. Funding is also available for <strong>transport <\/strong>infrastructure, however, this has significantly reduced over the past few years. Whilst some funding is still secured through the Local Transport Plan Integrated Block and other government grants, it cannot necessarily be relied upon. The County Council often relies on other bodies to allocate and grant funding using national competitive bidding processes. These bids often require match funding, for which the S106 and CIL money is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.3.10. Overall, whilst external funding remains a vital part of delivering infrastructure, these programmes cannot be relied on as they are not guaranteed. Developer contributions are vital to deliver the infrastructure needed to support development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"section-106-report\">3. Section 106 Report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-1-money-agreed-in-2023-24\">3.1. Money agreed in 2023\/24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This section outlines what contributions (both monetary and nonmonetary) have been agreed within<br>signed S106 agreements by Devon County Council between 1st April 2023 \u2013 31st March 2024. These<br>contributions may or may not be received by the County Council; this depends on the progress made with the implementation of the planning permission and the development reaching the payment triggers set out in the S106 agreement.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S106 contributions are typically index linked. This means that when the contribution is due, the amount required is adjusted to take into account changes in cost in the intervening period. This often results in the amount received being larger than the sum set out in the S106 agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-1-686x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6209\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6211\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The monies that have been agreed for the provision of education through the signed S106 agreements can be broken down into five categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Primary provision<\/strong>, including any money agreed towards the purchasing of land;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secondary provision<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Money towards the <strong>transportation <\/strong>of pupils to school where the<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>development may be outside of a suitable walking distance or safe walking route;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Early years provision<\/strong>; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Special educational needs (SEN) provision<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This breakdown is displayed in Figure 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6212\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown in Figure 2, the majority of the contributions agreed for education are for primary and secondary provision. The Education Infrastructure Plan states that the overall forecast for Devon, based on birth rates, migration and planned new development, predicts an increasing need for primary provision until at least 2021 and secondary until 2026 when considering the existing capacity of schools. There will also continue to be a need for additional capacity in local communities or main areas of growth. The contributions agreed in 23\/24 will help support this predicted growth around the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6213\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The contributions agreed towards transport infrastructure can be broken down into five categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Works to the <strong>highway <\/strong>such as junction improvements, road widening or other changes to the highway network (including Traffic Regulation Orders);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Walking and cycling<\/strong> infrastructure, which includes footways, pedestrian crossings and cycle paths;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bus contributions<\/strong> usually to expand existing services to serve new<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>development or infrastructure such as bus stops and bus lanes;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rail contributions<\/strong>; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other sustainable travel measures<\/strong>, including the provision of travel plans and travel vouchers for households.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6215\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as the above monetary contributions, Devon County Council has also agreed a non-monetary contribution towards improvements to the existing junction between Whitchurch Road and School Lane at Land at Highlands, Horrabridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-2-money-received-in-2023-24\">3.2. Money received in 2023\/24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This section outlines what monetary contributions have been received by Devon County Council between 1st April 2023 \u2013 31st March 2024. Whilst some of these contributions have been agreed in S106 agreements signed within the same financial year, the majority of money will come from agreements signed in previous years. It is not unusual for there to be a delay between the grant of permission and the commencement of development or the time it takes to reach the trigger points at which payment is due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-6-618x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6218\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6219\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The money received can be broken down further into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Primary provision<\/strong>, including money received towards the purchasing of land;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secondary provision;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Money towards the <strong>transportation <\/strong>of pupils to school where the development may be outside of a suitable walking distance or safe walking route;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Early years provision;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Special educational needs (SEN)<\/strong> provision; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A number of the contributions received support any <strong>education<\/strong> provision required in the area as a result of the development. This money is allocated to a specific project at a later date once a project has been identified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6222\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6224\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The money received for transport infrastructure can be broken down further into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Works to the <strong>highway<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Walking and cycling infrastructure<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bus contributions <\/strong>to expand existing services to serve new development; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other sustainable travel measures<\/strong>, including the provision of travel plans and travel vouchers for households.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6227\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure 6 shows more of a balance between highways works and sustainable transport modes than in previous statements. This is likely attributed towards the shift towards promoting sustainable transport modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6228\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Money spent in 2023\/24<\/strong><br>This section outlines what monetary contributions have been spent by Devon County Council between 1st April 2023 \u2013 31st March 2024 on infrastructure. These contributions come from S106 agreements signed at any time up to and including 31st March 2023. This does not include all infrastructure funded by other funding sources, such as monies received from bids and grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6231\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6232\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Monies spent on education has gone towards primary, secondary and early years provision as well as school transport costs. A summary of the projects and the amount of S106 monies spent on each project is set out below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6233\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6234\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6235\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-30-504x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6260\" style=\"width:802px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6237\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The money spent on transport provision has gone towards various projects that support a range of transport modes. Below is a summary of the projects and the amount of S106 monies spent on each project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6238\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6243\" style=\"width:802px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6244\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The money spent on community facilities has gone towards the provision of a youth development worker and temporary library service at Sherford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6245\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-3-money-retained-after-31-march-2024\">3.3. Money retained after 31 March 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the 2023\/24 financial year, Devon County Council held <strong>\u00a358,085,601<\/strong> from planning obligations received before the reporting year. Following the monies received (section 3.2) and spent (section 3.3) by the County Council in the 2023\/24 financial year, Devon County Council retained <strong>\u00a359,098,415<\/strong> from past planning obligations for future infrastructure projects. Devon County Council retains money if schemes are not yet ready to be delivered, perhaps because triggers have not been met on the related development sites. All of this money has been allocated to a team within the Council who will ensure the money is spent as per the project listed in the associated legal agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6246\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"community-infrastructure-levy\">4. Community Infrastructure Levy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the 2023\/24 financial year, Devon County Council held <strong>\u00a3274,856 <\/strong>of CIL monies received before the reporting year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/11\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6247\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each CIL charging authority will be required to report on their CIL income and expenditure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"future-spending-priorities-on-infrastructure\">5. Future Spending Priorities on Infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>5.1.1 Devon County Council will continue to request contributions (S106 and CIL) from development for infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.1.2 Devon County Council intends to fund infrastructure projects that have been identified as corporate priorities and\/or that support the planned growth across the county set out in the Local Plans and the strategic policies, as well as the projects from strategies and development programmes prepared by Devon County Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Education<\/th><td><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Education Infrastructure Plan (revised), published in October 2016.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Transport<\/th><td><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Transport Infrastructure Plan, published in March 2020.<\/span><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exeter Transport Strategy (2020-2030), published in November 2020.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Waste Management<\/th><td><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Resource and Waste Management Strategy for Devon and Torbay 2020-2030, published in January 2021.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"document-meta-acf-block clearfix \" id=\"block_acf-block-6992f7cc31fac\"><div class=\" dcc-documents-meta\"><div class=\"dcc-documents-widget dcc-documents-widget-block\"><div class=\"dcc-documents-widget-box2\"><p class=\"dcc-documents-published\"><span>Published<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-02-16T10:50:33+00:00\">16\/02\/2026 10:50am<\/time><\/p><p class=\"dcc-documents-updated\"><span>Last Updated<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-02-16T10:56:14+00:00\">16\/02\/2026 10:56am<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorisation Sheet Product Title Infrastructure Funding Statement 2023\/24 Version Control: Revision Date Status Comment 14\/10\/2025 V1 Final Produced by (who is the author of the document): Name Role Alison Balsdon Senior Planning Officer Reviewed and checked by: Name Role Date Andy Williams &amp;Jennie Curnow Senior Accountant &#8211; Capital 11\/11\/2025 Final sign off by individual named [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"documents_category":[],"class_list":["post-6823","dcc_docs_document","type-dcc_docs_document","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"updated":"","dccdocs_documents":null,"section-guidance":"","sections":null},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 00:37:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"dcc_docs_category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/6823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dcc_docs_document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/6823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6827,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/6823\/revisions\/6827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dcc_docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents_category?post=6823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}