Purpose

To
approve the  expenditure on CIL Bids
under the CIL Expenditure Programme - March 2025

Content

It was
RESOLVED: -
1.1         
That the CIL Expenditure Programme (March 2025)
and accompanying Technical assessments of the following 5 CIL
Bids  (forming Appendices A and B) be
approved (including decisions on these CIL Bids for Cabinet to
make/note as follows:-
Decisions
for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced Infrastructure Funds (Badwell Ash,
Elmswell)

CIL Bid,
Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of
CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet
Decision

 

M24-18
 
BADWELL
ASH
 
Creation
of Community Courtyard Social Space Badwell Ash Village
Hall
 
 
 
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £20,949.04
Total cost
of the project £27,932.05 (includes VAT)
 
Other
sources of funding
MSDC
Capital Grant - £6,983.01
 
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-18 for
£20,949.04 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Badwell
Ash)

 

M24-19
 
ELMSWELL
 
Blackbourne Community Centre Solar PV array and
batteries
 
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £35,026.00
Total cost
of the project £46,702.50 (excludes VAT)
Other
funding – Elmswell Parish Council Reserves
£11,676.50

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-19 for
£35,026.00 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund
(Elmswell)

 
Decisions
for Cabinet to make:  -  Local Infrastructure Fund

M24-25
CREETING
ST PETER
Footpath
23 Gipping Valley River Path

Amount of
CIL Bid £35,778.14
Total cost
of the project £35,778.14 (excludes VAT)
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-25 for
£35,778.14 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

M24-27
BATTISFORD
Battisford
and District Cricket Club upgraded treatment plant
system

Amount of
CIL Bid £20,107.42
Total cost
of the project £27,232.42 (including VAT)
Other
funding –
Combs
Parish Council - £1,500
Battisford
Parish Council - £1,000
Cllr
Daniel Pratt - £1,000.00
Cllr Kay
Oakes - £750.00
Cricket
Club Funds - £2,875.00

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-27 for
£20,107.42 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

M24-24
LITTLE
BLAKENHAM
Little
Blakenham Village Hall Rebuild

Amount of
CIL Bid £75,000.00
Total
eligible cost of the project £130,506.00 (excluding
VAT)
Total
project cost £157,586.00 (excluding VAT)
Other
funding –
Port One -
£82,586.00
(£55,506.00 of this funding to be used for the CIL
bid)
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-24 for
£75,000.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

 
1.2         
Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL
Expenditure Programme which includes the position in respect of
approved CIL Bids from Rounds 1 to 14 inclusive (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 was originally adopted in April 2018 and
reviewed with amendments adopted by both Councils in March 2019,
April 2020, March 2021, July 2022 (Mid Suffolk),October 2022
(Babergh) and in March 2023 and March 2024. The CIL Expenditure
Framework requires the production of a CIL Expenditure Programme
for each District 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 original Framework documents set out in
paragraph 1.1 above by Council decision in April 2018. These were
subsequently reviewed and adopted by both Councils on:-

·      
First Review - March 2019

·      
Second Review – April 2020

·      
Third Review – March 2021

·      
Fourth Review – 21st July 2022 (Mid
Suffolk) and  6th October
2022 (Babergh)

·      
Fifth Review -  March
2023

·      
Sixth Review – March 2024

·      
Seventh Review – this review planned for
Winter 2024/25 has been temporarily placed on hold. A new timetable
for this work will be devised.
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None