David Whybrow – Cabinet Member for Planning
Minutes:
139.1 Councillor Whybrow introduced the report and informed Council that the report and appendices basically encapsulated the thinking around CIL that was contained in the February Cabinet report but also includes now the work from the Joint Member Panel who met after Cabinet in February.
139.3 Councillor Whybrow went on to outline the key outcomes from the Panel meetings and MOVED the recommendations in the report.
139.4 Councillor Guthrie seconded the report and reserved the right to speak.
139.5 Councillor Field queried how money would be allocated where parishes were without a parish council and he sought further explanation on the proposed cap of £100 per existing dwelling if you did not have a neighbourhood plan?
139.6 In response Councillor Whybrow informed Council that where there was no parish council, consultation would be undertaken directly with the community, he felt that this could reasonably be undertaken because the settlement would be very small. Commenting on the cap he stated that this was the cap agreed and this did not roll over.
139.7 Councillor Stringer welcomed the opportunity he had to be on the Working Group and congratulated the team for pulling the report together in a very short time. He also queried how the CIL team would link in with the existing Communities and Grants team as that team already had a lot of inbuilt knowledge about communities.
139.8 In response Councillor Whybrow confirmed that that there was a level of communication that did take place between the two teams to use the knowledge base that existed within the communities teams, he also went onto say that the team was also working and bringing visibility of Section 106 funds and available monies within the same scope as CIL monies. The current software that was being purchased had been trialled internally and was seen to be successful and it was his understanding that the Council was very much a leading authority in terms of bringing together the software that provides visibility in one place for all communities.
139.9 Councillor Otton raised concerns that there would be no public speaking and no appeals process and felt that she would be unable to support the report because of this.
It was Resolved: -
(i) That the detailed CIL Expenditure Framework (including details of implementation and review) forming Appendices A and E to the report and the joint CIL Expenditure Framework Communications Strategy (Appendix B) be approved as recommended by Cabinet.
(Appendices C and D comprise the CIL “Regulation 123 lists” and were approved in January 2016 and accompany the other documents for reference purposes only)
(ii) That the Joint Member Panel (alongside Overview and Scrutiny) inform the Review of the CIL Expenditure Framework within the timescales contained in the Appendix E to the report.
Reason for decision: Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies have been collected since the implementation of CIL in April 2016. There is no prescribed way for Councils to decide upon the spend of money collected through CIL so the Council has to agree their own approach.
Supporting documents: