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Richmond Upon Thames · Viability

What development costs here.

Richmond Upon Thames charges £409/m² residential CIL in its top zone — 10th of 33 London boroughs; a consent here carries 6.8 conditions on average (4th heaviest of 19) and takes 9 weeks to decide (25th slowest of 32). We hold 388 of its s106 agreements and 179 viability assessments — the deeds and the numbers, not a rate table.

  • CIL: highest Kensington And Chelsea £1,132/m², lowest Bexley £91/m² · Richmond Upon Thames £409/m².
  • Conditions: heaviest Hillingdon 7.9, lightest Westminster 3.3 per consent · Richmond Upon Thames 6.8.
  • Decision time: slowest Camden 15 wks, fastest Barking And Dagenham 8 wks · Richmond Upon Thames 9 wks.
  • s106 per agreement (deeds read so far, ≥10 per borough): highest Croydon £700k median, lowest Kingston Upon Thames £950 · Richmond Upon Thames £15k (90 read).
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At a glance · what it costs · Richmond Upon Thames vs London
£409/m²
CIL · residential
top zone · 2 zones · 10th highest of 33
6.8
Conditions per consent
10,499 consents read · 4th heaviest of 19
9 wks
Decision time
median, 14,957 decisions · 25th slowest of 32
388
s106 agreements on file
189 read · 90 with a £ total
179
Viability assessments on file
174 read · 118 say unviable
Community Infrastructure Levy · Richmond Upon Thames

The borough's charging schedule by zone and use, indexed where the council publishes an indexed figure, plus Mayoral CIL. Source: the council's CIL page.

Zone
Use
Borough CIL
Mayoral CIL
Verified
Higher band
residential
£409/m²
£80/m² (Band 1)
Lower band
residential
£311/m²
£80/m² (Band 1)
Higher band
residential
£409/m²
£80/m² (Band 1)
Lower band
residential
£311/m²
£80/m² (Band 1)
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The wait after committee · committee said yes → decision notice issued
86
median days · with a s106
31 approvals · p75 167
5
median days · no s106
63 approvals
158
London median · with a s106
1,029 approvals, 33 boroughs

A resolution to grant is not a permission: where a section 106 has to be signed the notice waits for the deed. In Richmond Upon Thames that wait has a median of 86 days with a s106 against 5 without — carried as finance and cost-inflation risk after the politics is done. From 94 committee approvals matched to their decision record.

Longest waits here · committee date → decision notice
22/0902/FULErection of a three-storey building to provide a new secondary school with sixth form; sports pitch with floodlighting, external MUGA and pl653ds106
20/0539/FULDemolition of all existing buildings; erection of two 3-storey buildings comprising 30 residential dwellings in total (6 x1 bedroom, 17 x 2 544ds106
23/0741/FULDemolition of a seven-storey residential building; erection of five-storey residential building plus lift overrun comprising 27 units (inclu488d

Committee minutes matched to the canonical record by reference; lag = decision date − committee date for approved items; "with a s106" = deed on file or a legal agreement cited in the decision. Where the council dates the decision at the committee itself, the true wait is longer than shown. London-wide comparison on What You Pay to Build.

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What the deeds obligate here · 189 agreements read

Every obligation in the Richmond Upon Thames agreements we have read, grouped by what it is for — the money by type where a sum is stated, and how often each type appears at all (most obligations are unpriced: build this, provide that).

Other: £··· (62%)Affordable housing: £··· (17%)Public transport: £··· (11%)Carbon offset & energy: £··· (7%)Monitoring & legal fees: £··· (1%)Employment & training: £··· (1%)Community facilities: £··· (1%)Open space & play: £··· (0%)Other: £··· (0%)£···priced obligations
  • Other£···78 deeds
  • Affordable housing£···62 deeds
  • Public transport£···3 deeds
  • Carbon offset & energy£···34 deeds
  • Monitoring & legal fees£···90 deeds
  • Employment & training£···18 deeds
  • Community facilities£···20 deeds
  • Open space & play£···26 deeds
How often each obligation appears · Richmond Upon Thames vs London
Monitoring & legal fees
48% · London 47%most: Merton 82%
Other
41% · London 40%most: Brent 77%
Affordable housing
33% · London 29%most: Southwark 69%
Car club / permit-free
28% · London 27%most: Ealing 53%
Highways & road safety
22% · London 28%most: Tower 62%
Cycle provision
20% · London 17%most: Barnet 58%
Carbon offset & energy
18% · London 25%most: Greenwich 67%
Construction management
18% · London 21%most: Barnet 61%
Travel plan
17% · London 12%most: Greenwich 39%
Open space & play
14% · London 16%most: Brent 46%

Red tick = London share across every deed read (2,311).

What you may be asked to pay for · Richmond Upon Thames
  • Monitoring & legal fees · in 72 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Monitoring fee for planning obligations
  • Affordable housing · in 41 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Affordable housing financial contribution - 10% of units as per Policy 11/LP36
  • Carbon offset & energy · in 13 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Carbon Offset Payment towards Council's Carbon Offset Fund
  • Other · in 11 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Air Quality Action Contribution
  • Highways & road safety · in 2 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Narrow existing vehicular crossover access from Harvey Road and restore redundant part as footway; includes monitoring f
  • Employment & training · in 2 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Construction Employment and Skills Monitoring Contribution
  • Public transport · in 2 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Bus Service Contribution (Years 1-3)
  • Open space & play · in 1 of 189 deeds · typically £···
    Tree planting contribution within Heathfield Ward locality calculated using CAVAT methodology
What you will be asked to provide or do · no price on it
  • Other · in 73 of 189 deeds (39%)
    Register all Care Bed Units and Care Suites with CQC for nursing, personal care and dementia accommodation
  • Car club / permit-free · in 52 of 189 deeds (28%)
    Future CPZ and Car Club Obligations (Schedule 1, Part 2, Paragraphs 2.1 and 2.1.1)
  • Highways & road safety · in 40 of 189 deeds (21%)
    Highway works including kerb repositioning, traffic flow improvements, restoration of existing veins, realignment of acc
  • Cycle provision · in 37 of 189 deeds (20%)
    The Developer shall provide 10 cycle parking spaces within the site.
  • Construction management · in 34 of 189 deeds (18%)
    construction of dormer No 66
  • Travel plan · in 32 of 189 deeds (17%)
    Residential Travel Plan (Schedule 2, Paragraphs 1.1, 1.2 and 1.5)
  • Open space & play · in 25 of 189 deeds (13%)
    Community use of tennis courts, padel courts, and mini red/pickleball courts at affordable rates
  • Monitoring & legal fees · in 23 of 189 deeds (12%)
    monitoring of the mansard development

These carry no sum in the deed but cost time, design and management to deliver — the hidden cost of consent here.

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On file · Richmond Upon Thames

Every s106 agreement we hold for Richmond Upon Thames, newest first, linked to its application (the document itself is on the application page). “Unread” = on file, terms not yet extracted.

Application
Site · proposal
Year
s106 total
Obligations
6, Park Road, Hampton Hill · Variation of S106 agreement (dated 25 February 2026) pursuant to planning permission PA25/1358, to amend the affordable housing obligation.
2026
unread
unread
150, Flat 2, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, TW1 3HY · Modification of clause 3(a) of legal agreement attached to planning permission 06/0373/FUL dated 12th June 2006 to allow resident's parking permit to Flat 2
2026
unread
unread
150, Flat 2, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, TW1 3HY · Variation of condition no: NS01 attached to planning permission ref: 06/0373/FUL dated 19.05.2006 to allow the occupiers of Flat 2, 150 Amyand Park Road, Twicke
2026
unread
unread
6, Park Road, Hampton Hill · Variation of S106 agreement (dated 25 February 2026) pursuant to planning permission PA25/1358, to amend the affordable housing obligation.
2026
unread
unread
150, Flat 2, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, TW1 3HY · Modification of clause 3(a) of legal agreement attached to planning permission 06/0373/FUL dated 12th June 2006 to allow resident's parking permit to Flat 2
2026
unread
unread
150, Flat 2, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, TW1 3HY · Variation of condition no: NS01 attached to planning permission ref: 06/0373/FUL dated 19.05.2006 to allow the occupiers of Flat 2, 150 Amyand Park Road, Twicke
2026
unread
unread
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Conditions and decision times are from the borough's own decisions since 2010 (countable planning decisions only; tree works, discharges and amendments excluded) and the decision notices we have read. CIL from the council's charging schedule (verified date shown). s106 and viability figures come only from the documents we hold and have read; ranks compare boroughs on the same basis and are labelled with how many deeds sit behind them. Data built 2026-08-19.