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 (June 2025)
and accompanying Technical assessments of the following six CIL
Bids 
(forming Appendices A and B) were approved and noted
(including decisions on CIL Bids for Cabinet to make/note) as
follows:-
 
Decision
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

M25-02
 
STOWMARKET
 
Creeting
Road Depot Transformation project

Amount of
CIL Bid £133,443.26
Total costs
of the eligible elements of the project £133,443.26
(excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding
This is
only a small element of the overall project costs. The remaining
project costs are being met by MSDC budgets.

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-02 for
£133,443.26 from the Strategic Infrastructure Fund (subject
to Building Control Regulations approval)

M24-04
 
IPSWICH
 
Recycling
Centre Phase 2 Redevelopment of Site

Amount of
CIL Bid £100,672.00
Total cost
of the project £6,500,000.00 (excluding VAT)
Total cost
of the Phase 2 Redevelopment of Site £4,500,000.00 (excluding
VAT)
Other
sources of funding for Phase 2
SCC Capital
borrowing £4,255,011.00
S106
Contribution £21,051.00
Babergh
District Council CIL bid (recommended for approval to Babergh and
to be determined separately by Babergh District Council)
£123,266.00

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-04 for
£100,672.00 from the Strategic Infrastructure Fund as an
acceptable exception to the CIL Expenditure Framework and subject
to Suffolk County Council completing the purchase of the new
site 

 
Decision
for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced
Infrastructure Funds (Needham Market, Haughley, Bacton,
Finningham, Creeting St Mary,
Stowupland and Mendlesham) and Strategic Infrastructure
Fund
 

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M24-23
 
STOWMARKET
 
Extension
to Stowmarket High School
 
 
 
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £4,831,400.00
Total cost
of the project £9,996,000.00 (excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding
S106
funding – £3,557,832.49
SCC
Contribution - £1,606,767.51
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-23 for
£4,831,400.00 with £3,098,080.88 from the Strategic
Infrastructure Fund and £1,733,319.12 from the Ringfenced
Infrastructure Fund (Needham Market, Haughley, Bacton, Finningham, Creeting St Mary, Stowupland,
Mendlesham ) subject to the grant of
planning permission.

 
Decisions
for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced
Infrastructure Fund (Thorndon) and Local Infrastructure
Fund
 

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M25-09
THORNDON
 
Upgrade of
Fen View Play Area
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £93,056.99
Total cost
of the project £133,000.00 (excluding VAT) Ineligible costs
of £8,924.01 being covered by Neighbourhood CIL.
Total of
eligible project costs £124,075.99 (excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding for eligible project costs
Neighbourhood CIL £24,605.44
S106
£6,413.56

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-09 for
£93,056.99, £62,004.00 from the Ringfenced
Infrastructure Fund (Thorndon) and £31,052.99 from the Local
Infrastructure Fund

 
Decisions
for Cabinet to make:  -  Local Infrastructure
Funds

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M25-11
CODDENHAM
Children’s playground
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £55,066.59
Total cost
of the project £75,886.20 (including VAT)
Total of
eligible project costs £73,422.12 (including VAT)
Other
sources of funding
The Day
Foundation £10,000
The
Gardemau Education Trust
£5,221.90
Coddenham
Neighbourhood CIL £3,000.00
Fete
Contribution £1,060.00
Gardemau
Education Trust underwriting
£718.10
The
Coddenham Centre and The Day Foundation £819.61
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-11 for
£55,066.59 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

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

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M25-07
DEBENHAM
Bridleway
020 Surface Improvements Waddlegoose
Lane

Amount of
CIL Bid £14,000.00
Total cost
of the project £14,000.00 (excluding VAT)
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid B25-07 for £14,000.00    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure
Fund (Debenham)

 

1.2
 Cabinet also noted
and endorsed this CIL Expenditure Programme which included 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,
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