Purpose

To
seek approval for expenditure on CIL Bids under the CIL Expenditure
Programme - September 2025

Content

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

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

B25-03
 
HADLEIGH
 
Hadleigh
Parkside Pre-school Facility
 
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £174,144.00
Total
eligible cost of the project £188,181.31     (excluding VAT)
Other
funding
Suffolk
County Council Early Years Grant £14,037.31
 

Subject to
securing a lease for the correct term (25 years) the recommendation
to Cabinet is to approve CIL Bid B25-03 for £174,144.00 from
the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Hadleigh)

B24-10
 
LAVENHAM
 
Green
Willows Footpath link to Harwood
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £65,550.76
Total cost
of the project £65,550.76     (excluding VAT)
Other
funding (for street lighting)from:-
Lavenham
Parish Council
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-10 for
£65,550.76 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund
(Lavenham)

 
 
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

B24-07
IPSWICH
(Recycling Centre)

Amount of
CIL Bid  £123,266.00  
Total
eligible project costs £6,500,000(excluding VAT)
Total cost
of the Phase 2 Redevelopment of Site £4,500,000.00 (excluding
VAT)
Other
sources of funding for Phase 2
Suffolk
County Council Capital - £4,255,011.00
Contribution from S106 £21,051.00
Contribution from Mid Suffolk CIL (recommended for approval to
Mid Suffolk District Council) £100,672.00

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve this CIL Bid B24-07
for  £123,266.00   from the Strategic  Infrastructure Fund as a departure from the CIL
Expenditure Framework and subject to Suffolk County Council
completing the purchase of the new site.

 
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

B25-05
SPROUGHTON
Church Lane
Play Area Project

Amount of
CIL Bid  £87,502.55  
Total
eligible project costs £116,670.07 (excluding VAT)
Other
funding
Cllr Helen
Davies £1,000.00
S106
funding £23,866.86
Playing
Field Grant £3,500.00
Parish
Council £800.66 (The Parish Council are also funding the
ineligible project costs at a total of £4,112.91)

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve this CIL Bid B25-05
for  £87,502.55   from the Local 
Infrastructure Fund

 
Delegated
Decisions for Cabinet to note: 
-  (Ringfenced Infrastructure
Funds  and Local Infrastructure
Funds)
 

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

B25-08
HOLBROOK
Holbrook
Footpath 023 Upgrade

Amount of
CIL Bid  £3,745.00
Total
eligible project costs £3,745.00 (excluding VAT)
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid B25-08 for £3,745.00    from the Local Infrastructure
Fund

B25-09
ACTON
Village
Hall - Eco lighting Project
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid  £9,990.00  
Total
eligible project costs £15,744.52 (including VAT)
Other
funding
Acton
Parish Council £5,754.52
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid B25-09 for £9,990.00    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure
Fund (Acton)

B25-04
LITTLE
CORNARD

Amount of
CIL Bid  £25,428.00
Total
eligible project costs £33,904.00 (excluding VAT)
Other
funding
Parish
Council Contribution £8,476.00
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid B24-05 for £25,428.00    from the Local Infrastructure
Fund

 
1.2        
Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL
Expenditure Programme which includes 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), March 2023. March 2024 and June 2025. 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 – June 2025
 
 
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None