Agreement further to Section 106 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) relating to construction of a 2FE Primary School on a development at Wretchwick Way, Bicester, Oxfordshire

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The proposed agreement will be a planning obligation pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 relating to proposed development at Wretchwick Way, Bicester (“the Development”) The agreement will contain a series of commitments made by the developer (the “Developer”), named as the contractor/concessionaire in section V.2.3), conditional on implementation of the Development (entirely at the discretion of the Developer) and progress of the Development, for delivery of mitigating measures including the design and construction of a primary school. The Developer also has the choice of providing land to Oxfordshire County Council plus funding so that the County Council may design and construct the primary schools instead. Lot 1: The proposed agreement will be a planning obligation pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 relating to proposed development at Wretchwick Way, Bicester (“the Development”) The agreement will contain a series of commitments made by the developer (the “Developer”), named as the contractor/concessionaire in section V.2.3), conditional on implementation of the Development (entirely at the discretion of the Developer) and progress of the Development, for delivery of mitigating measures including the design and construction of a primary school. The Developer also has the choice of providing land to Oxfordshire County Council plus funding so that the County Council may design and construct the primary school instead. Further information: • It is understood that the contract award is taking place under EU directive 2014/24/EU. Although it is noted that the relevant UK legislation is the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as the procedure was not commenced prior to 31st December 2020 (end of the transition period) so it is not governed by the EU directive 2014/24/EU but just by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (which of course transposed directive 2014/24/EU into UK Law) as amended by the Public Procurement (Amendments)(EU Exit) Regulations 2020. • The contract (Section 106 Agreement) has been awarded jointly to: Redrow Homes Ltd and Wates Developments Ltd. • Start and end date of the contract: not known as it is conditional on the grant of planning permission by Cherwell District Council and the commencement of development by the Developer. Oxfordshire County Council intends to conclude the proposed agreement as soon as practicable after the operation of a standstill period of at least 10 days from the day after the date of publication of this notice.