The majority of developer contributions are secured to support the delivery of Milton Keynes Council plans and strategies (such as education, transport and highways, communities and leisure, culture, public realm), or statutory services that the Council must deliver (like waste). It is also the Council that is obligated in the legal agreement to secure the lawful use of contributions. The Council will therefore oversee the use of all contributions.
The council has a standard method of planning and delivering projects, controlled by a number of programme boards. The programme boards monitor monies received and programme its use to specific projects, which might include;
- delivery by Milton Keynes Council itself; or
- delivery by another body (for example a town or parish council).
Where contributions have been specifically secured for a body other than Milton Keynes Council (such as for health, emergency services voluntary sector organisations, or Town and Parish councils), then these bodies will plan and programme the use of the monies.