Purpose

To
approve MSDC CIL Expenditure Programme November 2025

Content

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

M25-15
 
STOWMARKET
 
SHELF
Project Phase 2
New
Pavilion at Chilton Fields

Amount of
CIL Bid £1,605,703.13
Total costs
of the project £4,977,972.00(excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding
Mid Suffolk
District Council Capital funding £3,372,268.87
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-15 for
£1,605,703.13 from the Strategic Infrastructure
Fund

 
Decisions
for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced and Strategic Infrastructure
Funds
 

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M24-22
THURSTON
Rail
Improvements next phase of Level Crossing project – ESC3
Phase

Amount of
CIL Bid £517,496.00.
Total cost
of the project £517,496.00. (excluding VAT)
Total of
eligible project costs £517,496.00. (excluding
VAT)
Potential
of £37,064.22 to be collected for the project from a s106
agreement. If/when received this amount will reduce the amount of
CIL required for this project.

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-22 for
£517,496.00, £258,748 from the Ringfenced
Infrastructure Fund (Thurston) and £258,748  from the Strategic 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

M25-08
STOWMARKET
Stowmarket
Recreation Ground Play Area redevelopment
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £100,000.00
Total cost
of the project £366,000.00 (excluding VAT)
Total of
eligible project costs £349,364.91 (excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding
Town
Council  £149,364.91
S106
funding £100,000.00
(£16,635.09 of ineligible costs will also be funded by the
Town Council)

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-08 for
£100,000.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

M25-14
ELMSWELL
Crown Mills
Play Area Upgrade

Amount of
CIL Bid £51,004.42
Total cost
of the project £73,832.22 (excluding VAT)
Total of
eligible project costs £68,005.89 (excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding
Parish
Council Neighbourhood CIL 
£17,001.47
(£5,826.33 of ineligible costs will also be funded by the
Parish Council Neighbourhood CIL)
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve 
CIL Bid M25-14 for £51,004.42 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

M25-10
DEBENHAM
New
infra-red heating project Debenham Church
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £29,999.00
Total cost
of the project £69,742.62. (excluding VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £67,242.62 (excluding VAT)
 
Other
funding
Parish
Council Contribution: 
£15,000
Local
Fundraising:                
£14,450.00
Alfred
Williams Trust:           
£2,500
Suffolk
Historic Churches:    
£6,000
Church
Reserves £1,793.62

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid M25-10 for £29,999.00    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure
Fund (Debenham)

M25-13
OLD
NEWTON
 
Village
Hall Toilets Upgrade
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £28,458.11
Total cost
of the project £37,944.15. (including VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £37,944.15 (including VAT)
 
Other
sources of funding
Parish
Neighbourhood CIL: 
£9,486.04
 
 
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid M25-13 for £28,458.11    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure
Fund (Old Newton)

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

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M24-10
GOSBECK
Community
Village Hall Solar project
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £20,426.63
Total cost
of the project £27,235.51 (including VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £27,235.51 (including VAT)
 
Other
sources of funding
Section 106
£2,620.39
MSDC
Community Development Grant £2,839.31
Locality
Funding £1,349.18

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid M24-10 for £20,426.63   from the Local Infrastructure
Fund

 

1.2         
Cabinet were also asked to note and endorse 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 was 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 of the report
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

·      
Eighth Review Agreed and planned for the Winter of
2025 with outcomes for Council to consider in Spring
2026
 
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None