Purpose

To
approve BDC CIL Expenditure Programme March 2026

Content

It was
RESOLVED: -
 
1.1         
That the CIL Expenditure Programme (March 2026)
and accompanying Technical assessments of the following 4 CIL Bids
 (forming Appendices A and B) to be
approved/noted (including decisions on these CIL Bids for Cabinet
to make/note) as follows:-
 
Decisions
for Cabinet to make:  - Ringfenced and
Local Infrastructure Funds
 

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

B25-15
GREAT
CORNARD
St Andrews
Church
Internal
Upgrade
 
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid  £100,000.00
Option 1
(for funding strategy purposes only)
Total
project cost £281,363.66 (including all VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £198,233.92 (including all
VAT)
Other
sources of funding:-
Church
funds £76,363.66
Benefact
Trust £32,000.00
Great
Cornard Townlands £30,000.00
Garfield
Weston £25,000.00
Suffolk
Historic Church Trust £8,000.00
Ganzoni
Charities Trust £5,000.00
Beatrice
Lang Foundation £5,000.00
Option 2
(for funding strategy purposes only)
Total
project cost £281,472.25 (including VAT minus reclaimable VAT
through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Aid Scheme which is
currently for £25,000.00)
Total
eligible project costs £182,063.92 (including VAT minus the
reclaimable VAT)
Other
sources of funding:-
Church
funds £76,472.25
Benefact
Trust £32,000.00
Great
Cornard Townlands £30,000.00
Garfield
Weston £25,000.00
Suffolk
Historic Church Trust £8,000.00
Ganzoni
Charities Trust £5,000.00
Beatrice
Lang Foundation £5,000.00
 
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve this CIL Bid B25-15 for
£100,000.00 with 
£43,708.95   from the
Ringfenced  Infrastructure Fund (Great
Cornard) and £56,291.05 from the Local Infrastructure
Fund

 
Decisions
for Cabinet to approve:  -  Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund
 

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

B25-13
BRANTHAM
Skate
Park
 

Amount of
CIL Bid  £100,000.00
Total
project cost £179,969.13 (excluding VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £137,337.23 (excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding
National
Lottery Awards for All £20,000.00
Brantham
Parish Council £40,000.00
Manningtree
Town Council £100.00
Stutton
Parish Council £50.00
Lawford
Parish Council
£10,000.00
Fundraising
activities £3,667.88
Parish
Council ongoing fundraising activities £6,151.25
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B25-13
for       
£100,000.00    from the
Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Brantham)

 
Decisions
for Cabinet to approve:  -  Local Infrastructure Fund
 

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure
Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the
infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

B22-01
BURSTALL
Memorial
Hall Improvements Project
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid  £85,122.36
Total
project cost £161,452.15 (including VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £113,493.48 (including VAT)
Other
sources of funding:
Verdant
Energy (Community Support Fund) £40,000.00
Belstead
Ganzoni Trust £5,000
Village
Hall Funds £31,329.79
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B22-01 for
£85,122.36    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

B25-14
EAST
BERGHOLT
Solar
Panels Sports Pavilion project
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid  £11,791.50
Total
eligible project costs £15,722.00 (excluding VAT)
Other
sources of funding
Neighbourhood CIL Contribution
£3,930.50
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid B25-14 for £11,791.50 from the Ringfenced
Infrastructure Fund (East Bergholt)

 
1.2         
Cabinet are also asked to note and endorse 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

·      
Eighth Review – planned for Winter 2025 with
presentation to Council in Spring 2026
 
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None