Cabinet Member for Planning.
Decision:
It was RESOLVED: -
1.1 That the CIL Expenditure Programme (November 2021) and accompanying technical assessment of the CIL Bid – M21-03 and M19-06(forming Appendices, A and B) and which included decisions on these CIL Bid as follows be approved: -
Ringfenced and Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M21-03 ELMSWELL Elmswell Primary School increase from 315 to 420 places
|
Amount of CIL Bid £1,560,006.21 Total costs £2,224,884.50 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M21-03 for £1,560,006.21, with £1,251,938.98 from the Ringfenced Fund and £308,067.23 from the Local Infrastructure Fund |
AMENDMENTS TO A PREVIOUS BID AGREED BY MID SUFFOLK CABINET ON 7th JUNE 2021
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M19-06 THURSTON Additional Land and School/Community Facilities
|
Amount of CIL Bid (previously approved) £1,069,841.00 Total costs £1,169,703.00 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve the amendments to the previously agreed CIL bid as set out in this report – to remove the requirement for a Community User Agreement. |
1.2 That this CIL Expenditure Programme which included the position in respect of approved CIL Bids from Rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (including Cabinet decisions in June 2021) - (Appendix A Section B) together with details of emerging infrastructure /CIL Bids (Appendix A Section C) be noted and endorsed.
REASON FOR DECISION
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies have been collected since the implementation of CIL on the 11 April 2016. The CIL Expenditure Framework was originally adopted in April 2018 and reviewed with amendments adopted on the 18 March 2019, 20 April 2020 and 23 and 25 March 2021. The CIL Expenditure Framework requires the production of a CIL Expenditure Programme 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) and further reviewed and adopted by both Councils on the 20th April 2020 and 23rd March 2021 (Babergh) and 25th March 2021(Mid Suffolk) respectively.
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Minutes:
63.1 The Chair invited the Cabinet Member for Planning, Councillor Burn to introduce the report.
63.2 Councillor Burn provided the introduction and outlined the two CIL bids in the report. He introduced Suffolk County Council’s (SCC) Schools Infrastructure Manager and Schools Planning Manager to Cabinet.
63.3 Councillor Burn proposed recommendation 3.1 and 3.2 in the report, which was seconded by Councillor Fleming.
63.4 The Chair invited the Ward Member for Elmswell, Councillor Geake to make a representation to Cabinet.
63.5 Councillor Geake reiterated that the Parish Council, the Suffolk County Councillor and herself were against the proposal for Elmswell. She provided a summary of the attendance at the school and the circumstances surrounding school provision for Elmswell and Woolpit and the reasons for her objections to the development at Elmswell Primary School.
63.6 In response to Councillor Hadingham’s questions, the SCC Schools Infrastructure Manager and Schools Planning Manager detailed the issues for the development of the school site based on the projected increase in pupils attending the school in 2022. The neighbouring village of Woolpit would be able to provide school places for any future increases in the number of primary school children in Elmswell, once the new housing developments were completed. Currently no suitable sites had been made available for the development of a new school in Elmswell.
63.7 The Chair asked if any of the sites that had been identified in the emerging Joint Local Plan had been considered, to which the SCC School Planning Manager responded that there had been no sites offered to the SCC Educational Authority which had been large enough to accommodate a new school in Elmswell.
63.8 The SCC Schools Manager continued to respond to questions from Members on issues including expected increases in the number of pupils in both Elmswell and Woolpit, the current and future capacity of the school provision in both villages, the time scales for the building of a new school, and the implications of the land availability for sites.
63.9 The Schools Infrastructure Manager outlined the responses to the consultation and the support of the school Governors for the development.
63.10 Officers responded to questions from other Members attending the meeting including the combined capacity of Elmswell and Woolpit schools and the long-term cohesive strategy for both communities being served by three schools, plans for walking and cycling links between the two villages, and forecasts for pupils attending each school.
63.11 Members debated the issues including that the solution to provide additional school places was based on advice received from the Local Education Authority and was supported by the School in Elmswell, that the Community User agreement would be included in phase 3 of the bid progression, that the bid was supported by the school administration and Governors, the consequences of delaying the bid, and that the bid was based on technical advice from planning officers and SCC officers. In addition that the role of the Cabinet was not to decide where schools should be built but to consider the proposed bid.
63.12 The Cabinet Member for Planning, Councillor Burn stated that due diligence had to be undertaken when considering the CIL Bid. He outlined the issues around the decision for the new school site and future plans for further developments in both Elmswell and Woolpit.
63.13 The Chair advised Members that a separate vote would be taken for each of the proposed CIL bids in recommendation 1.1.
It was RESOLVED:-
1.1 That the CIL Expenditure Programme (November 2021) and accompanying technical assessment of the CIL Bid – M21-03 and M19-06(forming Appendices, A and B) and which include decisions on these CIL Bid for Cabinet to make as follows be approved: -
1.2 Ringfenced and Local Infrastructure Fund
1.3 CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
1.4 Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
1.5 Cabinet Decision |
M21-03 ELMSWELL Elmswell Primary School increase from 315 to 420 places
|
Amount of CIL Bid £1,560,006.21 Total costs 1.6 £2,224,884.50 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M21-03 for £1,560,006.21, with £1,251,938.98 from the Ringfenced Fund and £308,067.23 from the Local Infrastructure Fund |
1.7
1.8
1.9 It was RESOLVED:
1.10 AMENDMENTS TO A PREVIOUS BID AGREED BY MID SUFFOLK CABINET ON 7th JUNE 2021
1.11 CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
1.12 Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
1.13 Cabinet Decision |
1.14 M19-06 1.15 THURSTON 1.16 Additional Land and School/Community Facilities 1.17 |
1.18 Amount of CIL Bid (previously approved) 1.19 £1,069,841.00 1.20 Total costs 1.21 £1,169,703.00 |
1.22 Recommendation to Cabinet to approve the amendments to the previously agreed CIL bid as set out in this report – to remove the requirement for a Community User Agreement. |
It was RESOLVED:
1.23 That this CIL Expenditure Programme which includes the position in respect of approved CIL Bids from Rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (including Cabinet decisions in June 2021) - (Appendix A Section B) together with details of emerging infrastructure /CIL Bids (Appendix A Section C) be noted and endorsed.
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 was originally adopted in April 2018 and reviewed with amendments adopted on the 18th March 2019, 20th April 2020 and 23rd and 25th March 2021. The CIL Expenditure Framework requires the production of a CIL Expenditure Programme 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.
Supporting documents: