FOI release

EIR request - Section 106 and CIL receipts held for open space and green infrastructure

Case reference FOI2026/01664

Received 20 October 2026

Published 12 November 2026

Request

This is an information request regarding Section 106 and CIL receipts held for open space and green infrastructure Please include the following information for the following years 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 * The total value of Section 106 contributions held by the authority but not spent at the end of each financial year. * Of that total, the value held for open space purposes (as defined below). * The total value of Community Infrastructure Levy receipts held but not yet spent at the end of each financial year requested, and the value of that total allocated to open space purposes in your current Infrastructure List or equivalent. * The date of receipt of the oldest Section 106 contribution for open space purposes that remains unspent, and its value. * For each financial year, the value of Section 106 contributions repaid to developers because the time limit for spending them expired, and the value of that which was for open space purposes. * For each financial year, the value of Section 106 and CIL money actually spent on open space purposes. By “open space”, I mean parks, public gardens, play areas, playing fields, allotments, woodland, nature reserves, green corridors and any other green or blue space intended for public access, including anything your authority categorises as “green infrastructure”, “open space”, “play”, “recreation” or “biodiversity/nature”.

Response

Please see attached spreadsheet

Documents

• FOI 2026 01664.xlsx (27.8 KB)

This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.