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Agree to fund, or part fund, the 40 projects
from the CIL Neighbourhood allocation as set out in section 4 and
to invite the remaining bids, which are recommended to be refused,
as indicated in section 4 to read their feedback and if suitable,
to re-apply to the CIL Neighbourhood Fund in future years.
 
Approve four budget virements set out below,
for each of the CIL areas, to fund the awards from CIL receipts
within the revenue budget:

Coastal East CIL Area -
£93,504.20
North
West - £14,281.67
North - £16,250.00
North
East - £20,189.97

 

Reasons for the decision

A comprehensive process was undertaken to
assess applications to the CIL Neighbourhood Fund in 2025, with
defined criteria, and recommendations made through the CIL area
panels, which were chaired by officers (neighbourhood leads),
and also comprised representatives from
community organisations and elected Members from all political
parties.
 
Panels carefully considered the applications,
applying the criteria for the fund, and made recommendations
on the basis of those discussions.
 
The application and decision-making process
for the CIL Neighbourhood Fund continues to be refined, year on
year, applying the learning from previous rounds of the fund.

Alternative options considered

The only alternative option would be not to
accept the recommendations of the panels. Given that the panel
recommendations were made on the basis of open and participative
decision-making, in accordance with clear criteria, there is no
basis to consider this option. The Cabinet member met the lead
officer and panel chairs to discuss the panels and no negative
feedback was received.