Section 106 Contributions by Council

Compare how councils across England manage developer contributions. The councils with the largest unspent Section 106 balances are Wandsworth (£141.5 million), Wokingham (£99.4 million), South Gloucestershire (£89.9 million), Crawley (£86.3 million), and Mid Sussex (£86.3 million).

Councils with large unspent balances may have committed funds to multi-year projects. An unspent balance does not necessarily mean money is being wasted.

308 councils
CouncilRegionS106 ReceivedS106 SpentS106 Held% Spent
Adur2024/25South East£479,766.46£415,789.23£1.6 million87%
Amber Valley2024/25East Midlands£2 million£2 million£210,658.89103%
Arun2025/26South East£0£0£22.1 million-
Ashfield2021/22East Midlands£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Ashford2024/25South East£10.6 million£953,251.01£13.4 million9%
Babergh2023/24East of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
Barking and Dagenham2024/25London£1.5 million£546,342.66£6.2 million37%
Barnet2024/25London£93.2 million£67.4 million£14.4 million72%
Barnsley2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£3.9 million£3 million£14.3 million78%
Basildon2024/25East of England£404,604.18£5.8 million£1.4 million1422%
Basingstoke and Deane2024/25South East£400,719£818,558£4.3 million204%
Bassetlaw2024/25East Midlands£1.4 million£65,070.17£4.2 million5%
Bath and North East Somerset2024/25South West£1.2 million£1.3 million£11 million110%
Bedford2023/24East of England£12.4 million£11.3 million£17.1 million92%
Bexley2023/24London£1.2 million£112,058£6.5 million9%
Birmingham2023/24West Midlands£6 million£6.4 million£45.7 million107%
Blaby2023/24East Midlands£187,657.52£690,572.22£2.4 million368%
Blackburn with Darwen2024/25North West£2.5 million£2 million£8.7 million78%
Blackpool2024/25North West£156,104£8,183.65£1.2 million5%
Bolsover2024/25East Midlands£694,946£444,279£2 million64%
Bolton2024/25North West£3.8 million£3.2 million£8 million84%
Boston2020/21East Midlands£0£73,000£0-
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2023/24South West£2.8 million£2.4 million£11.4 million87%
Bracknell Forest2024/25South East£12.9 million£4.5 million£13.8 million35%
Bradford2023/24Yorkshire and The Humber£1.4 millionNo data£6.4 million-
Braintree2024/25East of England£0£8,370£2.7 million-
Breckland2024/25East of England£1.3 million£9,200£3.8 million1%
Brent2023/24London£6.5 million£1.5 millionNo data23%
Brentwood2024/25East of England£0£8,370£2.7 million-
Brighton and Hove2019/20South East£2 million£759,377£1.3 million39%
Bristol, City of2024/25South WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Broadland2024/25East of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
Bromley2024/25London£1 million£1.2 million£10.7 million116%
Bromsgrove2024/25West Midlands£286,457.56£415,572.05£23,478.2145%
Broxbourne2024/25East of England£6.7 million£3.2 million£3.1 million48%
Broxtowe2024/25East Midlands£683,262.37£630,985.56£812,888.7492%
Buckinghamshire2024/25South East£33.6 million£15.6 million£77.1 million46%
BurnleyNorth WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Bury2024/25North West£442,029.81£918,051.9£4.8 million208%
CalderdaleYorkshire and The HumberNo dataNo dataNo data-
Cambridge2024/25East of England£3.6 million£1.5 million£7.1 million40%
Camden2024/25London£1.4 million£6.4 million£34.9 million472%
Cannock Chase2024/25West Midlands£381,682.65£534,396.71£3.6 million140%
Canterbury2024/25South East£1.2 million£1.5 million£6.9 million131%
Castle Point2024/25East of England£3.6 million£1.5 million£19.7 million42%
Central BedfordshireEast of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
Charnwood2024/25East Midlands£893,870£1.3 million£6 million145%
Chelmsford2024/25East of England£10.6 million£11.4 million£8.9 million108%
Cheltenham2024/25South West£36,443.74£0£9.3 million-
Cherwell2024/25South East£3.6 million£1.5 million£19.7 million42%
Cheshire East2024/25North West£11.1 million£9.8 million£6.7 million89%
Cheshire West and Chester2024/25North West£7.9 million£5 million£31.5 million64%
Chesterfield2024/25East Midlands£740,406£492,190£1.5 million66%
Chichester2024/25South East£16.3 million£11.3 million£4.7 million69%
Chorley2024/25North West£32.7 million£26.8 million£1.2 million82%
City of London2024/25London£9.8 millionNo data£3.1 million-
Colchester2024/25East of England£1.9 million£994,851.67£9 million52%
Cornwall2024/25South West£4.6 million£8.4 million£29 million183%
Cotswold2024/25South West£530,043.2£962,484.31£1.7 million182%
County Durham2024/25North East£5.4 million£5.4 million£21.8 million101%
Coventry2024/25West Midlands£14.9 million£3.8 million£30.2 million26%
Crawley2024/25South East£39.3 millionNo data£86.3 million-
Croydon2024/25London£1 million£713,403.71£7.9 million70%
Cumberland2019/20North West£0£0No data-
Dacorum2024/25East of England£3.4 million£153,601.59£6.9 million4%
Darlington2023/24North East£1.2 million£471,429.44£10.9 million40%
DartfordSouth EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Dartmoor National ParkSouth WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Derby2024/25East Midlands£4.3 million£2.2 million£19.4 million52%
Derbyshire Dales2023/24East Midlands£9.4 million£1.9 million£48.8 million20%
Doncaster2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£3.1 million£3.3 million£12.5 million108%
Dorset2022/23South West£8.6 million£3.2 millionNo data38%
Dover2025/26South East£579.87£0£11.8 million-
Dudley2024/25West Midlands£697,552.48£865,663.22£2.9 million124%
Ealing2024/25London£6.1 million£11.9 million£6.1 million197%
East Cambridgeshire2024/25East of England£2.5 million£1.9 million£4.7 million74%
East Devon2024/25South West£1.6 million£734,747.04£8.7 million45%
East Hampshire2025/26South East£11.6 million£547,855.54£64.2 million5%
East Hertfordshire2024/25East of England£2.5 million£1.7 million£739,209.0970%
East LindseyEast MidlandsNo dataNo dataNo data-
East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and The HumberNo dataNo dataNo data-
East Staffordshire2024/25West Midlands£754,091£84,458No data11%
East Suffolk2024/25East of England£1.1 million£2.1 million£4.4 million181%
EastbourneSouth EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Eastleigh2024/25South East£2.8 million£3.7 million£16.5 million131%
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation2024/25South East£7 million£6.1 million£1.5 million87%
Elmbridge2024/25South EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Enfield2024/25London£5.3 million£3.4 million£8.7 million64%
Epping Forest2024/25East of England£1.5 million£202,950.27£4 million14%
Epsom and Ewell2024/25South East£2,520£116,643.83£357,116.384629%
Erewash2024/25East Midlands£0£260,631.9£583,938.41-
Exeter2024/25South West£464,530.87£115,797.89£5.1 million25%
Exmoor National Park2021/22South West£0£0£0-
Fareham2024/25South East£547,496.05£789,034.62£5.9 million144%
Fenland2024/25East of England£1.1 million£376,456.17£1 million35%
Folkestone and Hythe2023/24South East£1.3 million£924,564.6£3.8 million71%
Forest of Dean2024/25South West£8.1 million£2.3 million£64 million29%
Fylde2023/24North West£114,771£1.2 million£2.9 million1052%
Gateshead2023/24North East£1.1 million£1.1 million£0100%
Gedling2024/25East Midlands£1.3 million£539,994£4.6 million43%
Gloucester2024/25South West£314,943.45£18,091.98£10.5 million6%
Gosport2023/24South East£310,558£102,766£968,75733%
Gravesham2024/25South East£262,711.93£199,704.99£1.1 million76%
Great YarmouthEast of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
Greenwich2024/25London£11.3 million£14.7 millionNo data130%
Guildford2023/24South East£1.5 million£2.8 million£0191%
Hackney2021/22London£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Halton2020/21North West£1.4 million£2.3 million£3.9 million163%
Hammersmith and Fulham2024/25LondonNo data£22.4 millionNo data-
Harborough2023/24East Midlands£1.3 million£1.5 million£11.7 million113%
Haringey2023/24LondonNo dataNo dataNo data-
Harlow2024/25East of England£306,418£1.2 million£956,668.45382%
Harrow2021/22London£4.2 million£507,763.29£12.6 million12%
Hart2024/25South East£2.6 million£3.5 million£9.7 million135%
Hartlepool2024/25North East£3.2 million£340,000£12.5 million10%
Hastings2024/25South East£515,625.39£44,592.01£860,739.349%
Havant2024/25South East£9 million£3.9 million£5.1 million43%
Havering2024/25London£1.7 million£2.3 million£13.5 million137%
Herefordshire, County of2024/25West MidlandsNo dataNo dataNo data-
Hertsmere2024/25East of England£1.2 million£7.7 million£12.5 million649%
High Peak2024/25East Midlands£1.4 million£110,136.25£1.3 million8%
Hillingdon2024/25London£5.3 million£5 million£29 million95%
Hinckley and Bosworth2024/25East Midlands£934,349.06£250,952.94£2.9 million27%
Horsham2019/20South East£5.6 million£4.7 million£32.8 million84%
Hounslow2024/25London£2.2 million£1.8 million£4.9 million82%
Huntingdonshire2024/25East of England£437,788.98£596,383.02£1.6 million136%
Hyndburn2024/25North West£2.5 million£2 million£8.7 million78%
Ipswich2024/25East of England£337,872.29£0£1.4 million-
Isle of Wight2021/22South East£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Isles of ScillySouth WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Islington2024/25London£2.9 million£6.7 million£16.5 million228%
Kensington and Chelsea2024/25London£1.4 million£6.4 million£34.9 million472%
Kingston upon Hull, City of2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£936,000No data£936,000-
Kingston upon Thames2024/25London£673,841.1No data£7 million-
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk2024/25East of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
Kirklees2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£2.7 million£1.6 million£11.4 million61%
Knowsley2021/22North West£3.3 million£156,342£5.6 million5%
Lake District National ParkNorth WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Lambeth2023/24London£10 million£8.7 million£55.5 million88%
Lancaster2023/24North West£265,145.75£63,275£1 million24%
Leeds2021/22Yorkshire and The Humber£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Leicester2024/25East Midlands£1.5 million£809,331£7.1 million53%
Lewes2024/25South EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Lewisham2024/25London£3.5 million£9.8 million£29.6 million281%
Lichfield2024/25West Midlands£1.5 million£464,364.58£5.4 million30%
Lincoln2024/25East Midlands£102,696.75£0£102,696.75-
Liverpool2021/22North West£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Luton2024/25East of England£1 million£723,947.57£4.4 million71%
Maidstone2024/25South East£7.5 million£31.6 million£12.8 million422%
Maldon2024/25East of England£11,210.99£525,453.56£1.8 million4687%
Malvern Hills2024/25West Midlands£1.6 million£473,081.6£1.1 million29%
ManchesterNorth WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Mansfield2024/25East Midlands£109,563.89£361,351.45£742,083.67330%
Medway2024/25South East£4.9 million£2.7 million£21.7 million55%
Melton2024/25East Midlands£254,748.06£124,245.98£152,44549%
Merton2024/25LondonNo dataNo dataNo data-
Mid Devon2024/25South West£1.2 million£501,520.89£3 million40%
Mid Suffolk2024/25East of England£23.4 million£13.2 million£62.5 million56%
Mid Sussex2024/25South East£39.3 millionNo data£86.3 million-
Middlesbrough2024/25North EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Milton Keynes2024/25South East£7.8 million£7.3 million£82.9 million93%
Mole ValleySouth EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
New Forest2021/22South East£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
New Forest National Park2024/25South West£846,661£165,711£1.9 million20%
Newark and Sherwood2024/25East Midlands£708,370.1£737,846.41£9.5 million104%
Newcastle upon Tyne2023/24North East£10.4 million£2.3 million£8.1 million22%
Newcastle-under-Lyme2024/25West Midlands£1.7 millionNo dataNo data-
Newham2024/25London£5.9 million£16.2 million£62.1 million272%
North Devon2024/25South West£1.1 million£410,340£4.8 million38%
North East Derbyshire2024/25East Midlands£4.3 million£2.2 million£19.4 million52%
North East Lincolnshire2024/25Yorkshire and The HumberNo dataNo dataNo data-
North Hertfordshire2025/26East of England£0£0£26.4 million-
North Kesteven2024/25East Midlands£2.3 million£3.6 million£6.7 million153%
North Lincolnshire2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£2.6 million£318,533.14No data12%
North Norfolk2024/25East of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
North Northamptonshire2024/25East Midlands£15.6 million£3.5 million£75.8 million22%
North Somerset2024/25South West£6.2 million£6 million£24.3 million97%
North Tyneside2019/20North East£9 million£3.8 million£14.3 million43%
North Warwickshirepre/2014-15West Midlands£1.4 million£1.2 million£279,036.6181%
North West Leicestershire2024/25East Midlands£2.2 million£4.2 million£6.5 million187%
North York Moors National Park2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£10.5 million£3.9 million£39.7 million37%
North Yorkshire2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£10.5 million£3.9 million£39.7 million37%
Northumberland2024/25North East£9 million£3.8 million£24.8 million42%
Northumberland National Park2024/25North East£9 million£3.8 million£24.8 million42%
Norwich2024/25East of England£167,665.6£549,951.1£4.2 million328%
Nottingham2024/25East Midlands£11.4 million£19.4 million£43.5 million171%
Nuneaton and Bedworth2024/25West Midlands£3.3 million£1.6 million£1.9 million49%
Oadby and Wigston2024/25East Midlands£349,569.45£0£643,657.11-
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation2024/25London£1.4 million£6.4 million£34.9 million472%
Oldham2023/24North West£1.6 million£349,735.8£3 million21%
Oxford2024/25South EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Peak District National ParkEast MidlandsNo dataNo dataNo data-
Pendle2024/25North West£0£8,370£2.7 million-
Peterborough2024/25East of England£1.7 million£1.1 million£18 million67%
Plymouth2024/25South West£1.4 million£1.6 million£10.6 million115%
Portsmouth2021/22South East£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Preston2024/25North West£1.6 million£908,572£8.2 million58%
Reading2024/25South East£36.5 million£0£36.5 million-
Redbridge2024/25London£763,000£533,000£230,00070%
Redcar and ClevelandNorth EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Redditch2024/25West Midlands£9,407.14£64,276.27£385,622.5683%
Reigate and Banstead2023/24South EastNo dataNo data£2 million-
Ribble Valley2024/25North WestNo dataNo data£1.1 million-
Richmond upon Thames2024/25London£4.1 million£3.4 million£23.6 million81%
Rochdale2024/25North West£1.6 million£1.1 million£491,76170%
Rochford2023/24East of England£31,575.8£75,000£2.1 million238%
Rossendale2024/25North WestNo data£332,548£500,277-
Rother2024/25South East£0£40,095.79£3.5 million-
Rotherham2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£0£40,095.79£3.5 million-
Rugby2024/25West Midlands£1.1 million£601,472.41£7.6 million55%
Runnymede2024/25South East£580,355.86£411,922.56£4.6 million71%
Rushcliffe2024/25East Midlands£11.4 million£19.4 million£43.5 million171%
Rushmoor2024/25South East£1.7 million£1.5 million£8.4 million91%
Rutland2024/25East Midlands£235,293.54£221,921.13£3.1 million94%
Salford2022/23North West£10 million£4.1 million£23.5 million41%
Sandwell2024/25West Midlands£0£113,986.68£2.4 million-
Sefton2024/25North West£3.6 million£626,853.51£9,631.0217%
Sevenoaks2024/25South East£409,809£563,370£231,292.31137%
Sheffield2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£1.2 million£4.5 million£15.3 million372%
Shropshire2024/25West Midlands£2.2 million£5.7 million£12.6 million262%
Slough2024/25South East£4.1 million£3.8 million£15.7 million94%
Solihull2023/24West Midlands£1.3 million£2.5 millionNo data189%
Somerset2024/25South West£6.2 million£6 million£24.3 million97%
South Cambridgeshire2024/25East of England£19.4 million£31.2 million£70.7 million161%
South Derbyshire2023/24East Midlands£1.4 million£1.4 million£14.5 million97%
South Downs National Park2024/25South East£490,627.09£979,088.51£2.1 million200%
South Gloucestershire2031/32South West£18,033.5£0£89.9 million-
South Hams2024/25South West£1 million£672,601.64£6.8 million67%
South HollandEast MidlandsNo dataNo dataNo data-
South Kesteven2024/25East Midlands£2.3 million£3.6 million£6.7 million153%
South Norfolk2024/25East of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
South Oxfordshire2024/25South East£1.9 million£1.9 millionNo data100%
South Ribble2024/25North West£1.6 million£4.9 millionNo data296%
South Staffordshire2024/25West Midlands£212,254.46£211,536.82£701,021.22100%
South TynesideNorth EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Southampton2021/22South East£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Southend-on-Sea2023/24East of England£718,359.9£261,377.89£2.2 million36%
Southwark2024/25London£6.7 million£349 million£53.6 million5232%
Spelthorne2024/25South East£0£223,238.18£402,911.14-
St Albans2024/25East of England£264,097.07£434,561.52£1.1 million165%
St. Helens2021/22North West£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Stafford2024/25West Midlands£424,733.76£141,361.17£828,099.1833%
Staffordshire Moorlands2024/25West Midlands£212,254.46£211,536.82£701,021.22100%
Stevenage2024/25East of England£11.6 million£8.6 million£3 million75%
Stockport2021/22North West£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Stockton-on-TeesNorth EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Stoke-on-Trent2024/25West Midlands£212,254.46£211,536.82£701,021.22100%
Stratford-on-Avon2024/25West Midlands£5.4 million£2.9 million£15.1 million54%
Stroud2025/26South West£770,949.78£42,425.91£10.8 million6%
Sunderland2028/29North East£1,000£0£34.5 million-
Surrey Heath2024/25South East£7,488No dataNo data-
Sutton2024/25London£30.5 million£28.3 million£1.3 million93%
SwaleSouth EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Swindon2024/25South West£13.8 million£8.2 million£30.9 million59%
TamesideNorth WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Tamworth2024/25West Midlands£0£16,475.2£5.9 million-
Tandridge2024/25South EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
TeignbridgeSouth WestNo dataNo dataNo data-
Telford and Wrekin2024/25West Midlands£10.5 million£2.3 million£35.6 million22%
Tendring2024/25East of England£1.8 million£1.1 million£3.5 million64%
Test Valley2024/25South East£2.6 million£3.5 million£9.7 million135%
Tewkesbury2023/24South West£1.2 million£1.1 million£4.6 million94%
Thanet2021/22South EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
The Broads Authority2023/24East of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
Three Rivers2021/22East of England£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
Thurrock2024/25East of England£2.9 million£480,673£14.5 million16%
Tonbridge and Malling2025/26South East£1.5 million£164,019.52£16.1 million11%
Torbay2024/25South West£21.8 million£2.6 million£17.1 million12%
Torridge2024/25South West£218,773.65£171,574.55£996,735.2778%
Tower Hamlets2023/24London£15.9 million£85,270.58No data1%
Trafford2023/24North West£1.2 million£1.1 million£4.6 million94%
Tunbridge Wells2022/23South East£489,565.64£0£1.3 million-
Uttlesford2024/25East of England£25.7 million£20.9 million£181,257.6581%
Vale of White Horse2024/25South East£1 millionNo dataNo data-
Wakefield2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£3.1 million£1.7 million£21.3 million55%
WalsallOverallWest Midlands£3.4 million£823,109£1.4 million24%
Waltham Forest2024/25London£3.9 million£2.5 million£10.7 million64%
Wandsworth2024/25London£22.5 million£14.7 million£141.5 million65%
Warrington2024/25North West£4 million£2.1 million£11.5 million53%
Warwick2024/25West Midlands£4.4 million£3.4 million£11.1 million77%
Watford2024/25East of England£833,876.07£101,574.28£732,301.7912%
Waverley2024/25South East£49,445.09£8 million£14.7 million16114%
Wealden2024/25South EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
Welwyn HatfieldEast of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
West Berkshire2024/25South East£1.1 million£1.7 million£6.8 million159%
West Devon2024/25South West£278,404.3£275,959.48£1.1 million99%
West Lancashire2023/24North West£0£172,057£1.9 million-
West Lindsey2021/22East Midlands£4.6 million£1.5 million£10.8 million32%
West Northamptonshire2021/22East Midlands£2.3 million£1.2 millionNo data53%
West Oxfordshire2024/25South EastNo dataNo dataNo data-
West Suffolk2024/25East of EnglandNo dataNo dataNo data-
Westminster2024/25London£14.7 million£34.8 millionNo data237%
Westmorland and Furness2024/25North West£193,973.58£445,652.66£1.6 million230%
Wigan2023/24North West£2.2 million£2.7 million£19.7 million123%
Wiltshire2026/27South West£0No dataNo data-
Winchester2019/20South East£1.1 million£223,479.03£845,971.7521%
Windsor and Maidenhead2024/25South East£3.5 million£2.7 million£589,83676%
Wirral2024/25North West£406,216.38No dataNo data-
Woking2024/25South East£4.6 million£10.2 million£78 million223%
Wokingham2024/25South East£2.4 million£276.2 million£99.4 million11543%
Wolverhampton2024/25West MidlandsNo dataNo dataNo data-
Worcester2024/25West Midlands£7.7 million£4.8 million£2.9 million62%
Worthing2024/25South East£39.3 millionNo data£86.3 million-
WychavonWest MidlandsNo dataNo dataNo data-
Wyre2024/25North West£396,412.9£184,632.44£2.3 million47%
Wyre ForestWest MidlandsNo dataNo dataNo data-
York2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£6.7 million£5.9 million£12.2 million87%
Yorkshire Dales National Park2024/25Yorkshire and The Humber£193,973.58£445,652.66£1.6 million230%