Decision Maker: Babergh Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
It was RESOLVED: -
1.1 That the CIL Expenditure Programme (November 2022) and accompanying technical assessment of the CIL Bids B22-07, B22-08, and B22-09(forming Appendices A and B) which include decisions on these CIL Bids for Cabinet to make as follows be approved: -
Decisions for Cabinet to approve: - Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
B22-08 GREAT WALDINGFIELD Village Hall Car Park Extension
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Amount of CIL Bid £30,824.92 Total cost of the project £41,099.89 including VAT Total of other funding Great Waldingfield Village Hall Reserves £10,274.97
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Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B22-08 for £30,824.92 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Great Waldingfield) |
Decisions for Cabinet to approve: - Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
B22-07 GREAT CORNARD Upgrade of parking facilities at the Great Cornard Allotment Car Park |
Amount of CIL Bid £55,927.50 Total cost of the project £74,870.00 Total of other funding Parish Council £18,942.50 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B22-07 for £55,927.50 from the Local Infrastructure Fund |
B22-09 LINDSEY Red Rose Friends Community Farm |
Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00 Total cost of the project £141,981.59 Total of other funding Portacabin Grant Funding £16,500 Colchester Catalyst £10,000 Fundraising £3,500 The Befriending Scheme Funding £11,981.59 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B22-09 for £100,000.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund(subject to the imposition of a claw back provisionsuch that if the use fails within 10 years (at Lindsey) all the monies will be clawed back through a condition on the CIL Bid offer letter)
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1.2 Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL Expenditure Programme which includes the position in respect of approved CIL Bids from Rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 (September 2022). (Appendix A Section B) together with details of emerging infrastructure /CIL Bids (Appendix A Section C).
REASON FOR DECISION
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies have been collected since the implementation of CIL on the 11th April 2016. The CIL Expenditure Framework (originally adopted in April 2018) has been reviewed with amendments adopted in March 2019, April 2020, March 2021, and 21st July 2022 (Mid Suffolk) and by Babergh on the 6th October 2022. The CIL Expenditure Framework requires the production of at least two CIL Expenditure Programmes for each District (per year) and contains decisions for Cabinet to make or note on CIL Bids for CIL expenditure. These decisions relating to the expenditure of CIL monies form one of the ways in which necessary infrastructure supporting growth is delivered.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
There is a diverse spectrum of approaches to CIL expenditure across the country from Unitary Authorities who have absorbed CIL into their individual Capital Programmes to others who ringfence all funds to be spent locally. A range of different approaches was identified in Appendix A of the Framework for CIL Expenditure report provided to Cabinet’s on the 5th and 8th of February 2018 and discussed in full during the workshops with the Joint Member advisory panel. Members adopted the documents set out in paragraph 1.1 above by Council decision in April 2018 which were subsequently reviewed and adopted on the 19th March 2019 (Babergh) and 18th March 2019 (Mid Suffolk) and then reviewed for the second and third time and adopted by both Councils on the 20th April 2020 and 23rd March 2021(Babergh) and 25th March 2021(Mid Suffolk) respectively. The fourth review took place in June 2022 and the changes were approved by Mid Suffolk on the 21st July 2022 and by Babergh on the 6th October 2022.
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: Councillor Arthey declared an Other Registrable Interest due to being Chair of Lindsey Parish Council.
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Publication date: 08/11/2022
Date of decision: 07/11/2022
Decided at meeting: 07/11/2022 - Babergh Cabinet
Effective from: 15/11/2022
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