Cabinet Member for Planning.
Decision:
It was RESOLVED: -
1.1 That the CIL Expenditure Programme (March 2022) and accompanying technical assessment of the CIL Bid – M22-13, M22-02, and M22-14 (forming Appendices, A and B) and which include decisions on these CIL Bid for Cabinet to make and approve and to note (delegated decision only) are as follows: -
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M22-13 RINGSHALL Play Area
|
Amount of CIL Bid £20,566.35 Total costs of the project £54,856.08 Other funding sources are Ringshall Parish Council Neighbourhood CIL Reserves £16,000.00 Donation £1,000.00 Fundraising £350.00 MSDC Community Grant £16,939.73 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M22-13 for £20,566.35 from the Local Infrastructure Fund |
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Strategic Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M22-14 THURSTON Rail Feasibility Study
|
Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00 Total costs of the project £100,000.00
|
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M22-14 for £100,000.00 from the Strategic Infrastructure Fund (with the awarded unspent funds (£100,000) under the previously approved CIL Bid M20-07 for Thurston Rail station feasibility study being returned to the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Thurston) after the 11th September 2022 when the 2 year CIL Bid offer letter expires). |
Decisions for Cabinet to note: Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Botesdale)
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M22-02 BOTESDALE Recreation Ground Entrance Infrastructure and picnic tables
|
Amount of CIL Bid £9,757.50 Total costs of the project £13,010.00 Other funding sources are Botesdale Parish Council £3,252.50 |
Recommendation for Cabinet to note the delegated decision for CIL Bid M22-02 for £9,757.50 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Botesdale) |
1.2 Cabinet was also asked to note and endorse 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 - (Appendix A Section B) together with details of emerging infrastructure /CIL Bids (Appendix A Section C.
1.3 That with reference to the Thurston Infrastructure project (M22-14) the Portfolio Holder for Planning, the Director for Planning and Building Control and the Ward Members for Thurston collaborated on the covering letter.
REASON FOR DECISION
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies have been collected since the implementation of CIL on the 11th of April 2016. The CIL Expenditure Framework was originally adopted in April 2018 and reviewed with amendments adopted on the 18th of March 2019, 20th April 2020, 23rd and 25th March 2021 and 21st July 2022 (Mid Suffolk fourth review only). All the changes/documents from the fourth review will be considered by Babergh on the 20th September 2022.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 for the 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 Mid Suffolk approved the changes on the 21st July 2022. All the changes/documents will be considered by Babergh on the 20th September 2022.
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Minutes:
38.1 The Chair, Councillor Morley invited the Cabinet Member for Planning, Councillor Burn to introduce the report.
38.2 Councillor Burn provided a summary of the CIL bids in the report and moved the recommendations as detailed.
38.3 Councillor Brewster seconded the recommendations.
38.4 Councillor Whitehead asked for confirmation that the £100K for bid M22 – 14 Thurston Rail Feasibility Study was not a new funding bid but a renewal of the previous bid, which the Cabinet Member for Planning confirmed that it was.
38.5 Questions from other Members attending the meeting led to a general debate around the Thurston Rail scheme and Members considered the timeline and the progress made by Network Rail on the project. Members generally agreed that further pressure should be put on Network Rail to ensure that the scheme progressed.
38.6 The Cabinet Member for Economic Growth advised that good progress had been made with Network Rail at a meeting earlier in the month, and that they were keen to expedite the process.
38.7 The Director for Planning and Building Control advised that further lobbying by Members and by MPs would help the progress of the scheme.
38.8 During the debate Members raised several issues including that progress had been slow, but that changing the time limit on the bid would not aid the progress of the scheme with Network Rail.
38.9 The Cabinet Member for Planning and Building Control suggested that the CIL offer letter to Network Rail could impose some conditions such as a time limit on the availability of the grant or that the release of the grant was dependent on development stages for the project.
38.10 Councillor Gould stated that withdrawing the grant offer was more likely to slow the process down. However, he agreed that inclusion of development stages for the release of the grant offer should be part of the CIL bid offer letter to Network Rail.
38.11 Councillor Morley moved that a further recommendation be added: That the Portfolio Holder for Planning, the Director for Planning and Building Control and the Ward Members collaborated on the covering letter.
38.12 Councillor Brewster seconded the proposed recommendation.
By a unanimous vote.
It was RESOLVED: -
1.1 That the CIL Expenditure Programme (March 2022) and accompanying technical assessment of the CIL Bid – M22-13, M22-02, and M22-14 (forming Appendices, A and B) and which include decisions on these CIL Bid for Cabinet to make and approve and to note (delegated decision only) are as follows: -
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Local Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M22-13 RINGSHALL Play Area
|
Amount of CIL Bid £20,566.35 Total costs of the project £54,856.08 Other funding sources are Ringshall Parish Council Neighbourhood CIL Reserves £16,000.00 Donation £1,000.00 Fundraising £350.00 MSDC Community Grant £16,939.73 |
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M22-13 for £20,566.35 from the Local Infrastructure Fund |
Decisions for Cabinet to make: Strategic Infrastructure Fund
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M22-14 THURSTON Rail Feasibility Study
|
Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00 Total costs of the project £100,000.00
|
Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M22-14 for £100,000.00 from the Strategic Infrastructure Fund (with the awarded unspent funds (£100,000) under the previously approved CIL Bid M20-07 for Thurston Rail station feasibility study being returned to the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Thurston) after the 11th September 2022 when the 2 year CIL Bid offer letter expires). |
Decisions for Cabinet to note: Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Botesdale)
CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed |
Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the Infrastructure |
Cabinet Decision |
M22-02 BOTESDALE Recreation Ground Entrance Infrastructure and picnic tables
|
Amount of CIL Bid £9,757.50 Total costs of the project £13,010.00 Other funding sources are Botesdale Parish Council £3,252.50 |
Recommendation for Cabinet to note the delegated decision for CIL Bid M22-02 for £9,757.50 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Botesdale) |
1.2 Cabinet was also asked to note and endorse 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 - (Appendix A Section B) together with details of emerging infrastructure /CIL Bids (Appendix A Section C.
1.3 That with reference to the Thurston Infrastructure Project (M22-14) the Portfolio Holder for Planning, the Director for Planning and Building Control and the Ward Members collaborated on the covering letter.
REASON FOR DECISION
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies have been collected since the implementation of CIL on the 11th of April 2016. The CIL Expenditure Framework was originally adopted in April 2018 and reviewed with amendments adopted on the 18th of March 2019, 20th April 2020, 23rd and 25th March 2021 and 21st July 2022 (Mid Suffolk fourth review only). All the changes/documents from the fourth review will be considered by Babergh on the 20th September 2022.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: