Cabinet Member for Planning
Decision:
It was RESOLVED:-
1.1 That the CIL Expenditure Business Plan (September 2019) and accompanying technical assessments of the CIL Bids forming Appendices A and B of the report and which include decisions on valid Bids for Cabinet to make and those for Cabinet to note be approved as follows:-
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Strategic Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid |
Recommendation |
B19-04 Sudbury Gainsborough House, 46 Gainsborough Street, |
Amount of CIL Bid £200,746.00 Total cost of this element of the works £ 200,746.00 The overall total project cost will be approximately 7.,3 million |
It was resolved that the CIL Bid for £200,746.00 be approved after 3 years. |
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Delegated Decision |
B/19-02 Long Melford Village Hall Chemist Lane - New car park |
Amount of CIL Bid £26,044.16 Total Cost £27,044.16 |
It was resolved that the Bid for £26,044.16 be approved |
B/19-07 Monks Eleigh Village Hall New car park |
Amount of CIL Bid £28,765.32 Total Cost £28765.32 |
It was resolved that the Bid for £28,765.32 be approved |
B/17-18 Assington Friends Farm Building to provide permanent toilets on site, disabled ramps storage facilities, animal housing fences and gates |
Amount of CIL Bid £26,800 Total Cost £176,750 |
It was resolved that the Bid for £26,800 subject to a 15 year break clause in the 30yr lease and the land being formally registered be approved |
Decisions for Cabinet to note: Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Delegated Decision |
B19-01 Long Melford – Village Hall Chemist Lane – New roof (as part of wider programme of Village Hall improvements |
Amount of CIL Bid £6808 Total Cost £17,808 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to note that delegated decision be taken to approve Bid for £6808 |
1.2 That Cabinet noted and endorsed the CIL Business Plan which included the position reached on all undetermined/outstanding Bids together with the up to date position in respect of approved CIL Bids from Rounds 1 and 2.
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 and reviewed with amendments adopted on the 18th March 2019 requires the production of a CIL Business Plan for each District which 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).
Any Declarations of Interest Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Minutes:
The Chair advised Members that Item BCa/19/13 would be taken next.
The Cabinet Member for Planning introduced the report and provided an overview of the CIL bids detailed in the report.
Councillor Arthey provided additional details regarding the bid for Assington Friends Farm and suggested that Members accept a 30-year lease for the land with a 15-year break clause. Councillor Arthey also suggested that provision for lease lengths and caps on bids be included in the upcoming CIL framework review.
Members were provided with details of the state aid implications with regard to Gainsborough House, Sudbury by Strategic Planning Policy Infrastructure Officer Angharad Kearns-Watts. The three options were explained to Members. Members discussed the benefits of these various options.
In response to a question from Councillor Malvisi, Councillor Arthey confirmed that amendments to the CIL Framework would be presented to Cabinet for approval.
The recommendations in the report were moved by Councillor Arthey subject to the following amendments;
· Sudbury, Gainsborough House ‘subject to legal views on state aid implications’ was removed
· Assington Friends Farm amended to a 15-year break clause.
Councillor Holt seconded the recommendations.
By a unanimous vote
It was RESOLVED:-
1.1 That the CIL Expenditure Business Plan (September 2019) and accompanying technical assessments of the CIL Bids forming Appendices A and B of the report and which include decisions on valid Bids for Cabinet to make and those for Cabinet to note be approved as follows:-
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Strategic Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid |
Recommendation |
B19-04 Sudbury Gainsborough House, 46 Gainsborough Street, |
Amount of CIL Bid £200,746.00 Total cost of this element of the works £ 200,746.00 The overall total project cost will be approximately 7.,3 million |
It was resolved that the CIL Bid for £200,746.00 be approved after 3 years. |
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Delegated Decision |
B/19-02 Long Melford Village Hall Chemist Lane - New car park |
Amount of CIL Bid £26,044.16 Total Cost £27,044.16 |
It was resolved that the Bid for £26,044.16 be approved |
B/19-07 Monks Eleigh Village Hall New car park |
Amount of CIL Bid £28,765.32 Total Cost £28765.32 |
It was resolved that the Bid for £28,765.32 be approved |
B/17-18 Assington Friends Farm Building to provide permanent toilets on site, disabled ramps storage facilities, animal housing fences and gates |
Amount of CIL Bid £26,800 Total Cost £176,750 |
It was resolved that the Bid for £26,800 subject to a 15-year break clause in the 30yr lease and the land being formally registered be approved |
Decisions for Cabinet to note: Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Delegated Decision |
B19-01 Long Melford – Village Hall Chemist Lane – New roof (as part of wider programme of Village Hall improvements |
Amount of CIL Bid £6808 Total Cost £17,808 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to note that delegated decision be taken to approve Bid for £6808 |
1.2 That Cabinet noted and endorsed the CIL Business Plan which included the position reached on all undetermined/outstanding Bids together with the up to date position in respect of approved CIL Bids from Rounds 1 and 2.
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 and reviewed with amendments adopted on the 18th March 2019 requires the production of a CIL Business Plan for each District which 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.
Councillor Arthey left the meeting.
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