Developer Contributions (S106/CIL)
Case reference FOI2026/01782
Received 21 August 2026
Published 6 October 2026
Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following:
Please provide the following information covering Section 106 planning obligation contributions and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts held by the council.
1. The closing (unspent) balance of Section 106 monies held by the council at the end of each financial year from 2019/20 to 2025/26.
2. The closing (unspent) balance of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts held by the council at the end of each of the same financial years.
3. The total value of a) Section 106 and b) CIL monies that have been returned or repaid to developers in each financial year from 2016/17 to 2025/26 (or the closest available ten-year range), for any reason.
Response
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please find the answers to your queries below:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:
Please provide the following information covering Section 106 planning obligation contributions and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts held by the council.
1. The closing (unspent) balance of Section 106 monies held by the council at the end of each financial year from 2019/20 to 2025/26.
This information is published annually in our Infrastructure Funding Statement Reports, which are available on our website via the following link:
https://www.guildford.gov.uk/article/24697/What-are-planning-obligations
As such, the information you require can be found from publicly available sources and consequentially under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible.
Please note that the 2025/26 Infrastructure Funding Statement it not yet available, but should be published later this year.
2. The closing (unspent) balance of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts held by the council at the end of each of the same financial years.
I can confirm that Guildford is not a CIL authority, therefore we receive no CIL funding.
3. The total value of a) Section 106 and b) CIL monies that have been returned or repaid to developers in each financial year from 2016/17 to 2025/26 (or the closest available ten-year range), for any reason.
Information regarding Section 106 funds that have expired is published annually in our Section 106 Monitoring Reports.
The report for 2025-26 can be found via the following link:
The report for 2024-25 can be found via the following link:
And
https://democracy.guildford.gov.uk/documents/s35103/Appendix%201%20-%20s106%20report.pdf
The report for 2023-24 can be found via the following link:
https://democracy.guildford.gov.uk/documents/s35103/Appendix%201%20-%20s106%20report.pdf
The report for 2022-23 can be found via the following link:
https://democracy.guildford.gov.uk/documents/s30001/Item%2009%20-%20S106%20Monitoring%20Report.pdf
The report 2021-22 can be found via the following link:
And
As such, the information you require can be found from publicly available sources and consequentially under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Guildford Borough Council
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