Purpose

To
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 seven 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:  - Local
Infrastructure Fund

CIL Bid,
Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of
CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet
Decision

B24-17
 
HOLBROOK
 
Upgrade to
Bridleway 12

Amount of
CIL Bid £22,475.00
Total cost
of the project £22,475.00 
(eligible costs excluding VAT)
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-17 for
£22,475.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

B22-13
 
NAYLAND
WITH WISSINGTON
 
Environmental improvements to the Village Hall
 

Amount of
CIL Bid
£100,000.00 
Total
project cost £471,606.45 excluding VAT
Total
eligible project costs £159,491.39  (excluding VAT)
Other
funding
Nayland
with Wissington Parish Council £60,000.00
Nayland
Village Hall Management Committee £36,301.45
Lottery
Funding £275,305.00

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B22-13 for
£100,000.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

B24-19
 
LEAVENHEATH
 
Village
Green Play Area project

Amount of
CIL Bid £82,405.14
Total
eligible project costs £109,873.52  (excluding VAT)
Other
funding
S106
funding £15,324.36
BDC
Capital grant funding £10,000.00
Leavenheath Neighbourhood CIL £2,144.02
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-19 for
£82,405.14 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

 
Decision
for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (East Bergholt,
Great Waldingfield)

CIL Bid,
Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of
CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet
Decision

B23-14
 
EAST
BERGHOLT
 
East
Bergholt Tennis Club – upgrade of
clubhouse/toilets

Amount of
CIL Bid
£100,000.00 
Total
project cost £190,990.00
Total
eligible project costs £144,795.00 (excluding VAT)
Other
funding
Tennis
Club £60,000.00
Parish
Council £31,000.00
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B23-14 for
£100,000.00   from the
Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund

B24-20
 
GREAT
WALDINGFIELD
 
Upgrade to
Footpaths 11 and 12
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £17,450.00   
Total
eligible project costs £18,450.00 (excluding VAT)
Other
funding
£1,000.00 from Parish Neighbourhood CIL

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-20 for
£17,450.00    from the
Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund

 
Delegated
Decisions for Cabinet to note: 
-  Local Infrastructure Fund

CIL Bid,
Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of
CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet
Decision

B24-16
FRESTON
Freston
Bridleway 45 (Cutler’s Wood)

Amount of
CIL Bid  £7,275.00  
Total
eligible project costs £7,275.00 (excluding VAT)
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid B24-16 for £7,275.00    from the Local Infrastructure
Fund

B24-02
TATTINGSTONE
Tattingstone Village Hall Solar Energy project

Amount of
CIL Bid £8,625.00
Total
eligible project costs £11,500.00 (including VAT)
Other
funding - £2,875.00 Tattingstone Village Hall

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid B24-02 for £8,625.00    from the Local Infrastructure
Fund

 
1.2         
Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL
Expenditure Programme which included 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 – Originally agreed and planned for October
2024 onwards so that any outcomes are in place before Bid round 15
(May 2025). Temporarily placed on hold whilst impacts of DfE school
rebuilding programme and SCC 5 year CIL spending plan are assessed
and known. New timetable to be set in due course.
 
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None