Purpose

To
approve MSDC 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 three CIL
Bids approved under delegated powers 
(forming Appendices A and B) for Cabinet to note as
follows:-
 
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

M25-17
OLD
NEWTON
Church Road
Play Area Project
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £29,999.99
Total
project cost –£53,002.65 (including VAT)
 
Total
eligible project costs £49,324.04 (including VAT)
 
Other
source(s) of funding:
 
Parish
Council £3,002.66 (Total Parish Contribution towards project
is £10,000.00 – see Note below)
 
National
Lottery Community Fund £20,000.00
 
Note -
Remaining Parish Council contribution will cover the ineligible
project costs any increase in project costs and to cover any
shortfalls
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid M25-17 for £29,999.99    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure
Fund (Old Newton)

M25-16
NEEDHAM
MARKET
Scouts Hut
Project additional bid to cover completion of the
project

Amount of
CIL Bid £5,691.98
Total cost
of the project remaining £25,073.94  (including VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £25,073.94 (including VAT)
Other
sources of funding
 S106 grant remaining:
£18,908.26
Scout Group
Funds - £473.70
 
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid M25-16 for £5,691.98    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure
Fund (Needham Market)

 
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

M25-01
WETHERDEN
Play Area
Upgrade Project
 
 
 

Amount of
CIL Bid £20,462.42
Total cost
of the project £30,462.42. (excluding VAT)
Total
eligible project costs £30,012.42 (excluding VAT)
 
Other
sources of funding
Wetherden
Schools Trust £9,550.00
 
Ineligible
Project costs totalling £450.00 will be covered by Wetherden
Schools Trust grant funding
The Parish
Council have set aside £5,000 from their NCIL to cover any
contingency costs should they arise.
 

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for
approved CIL Bid M25-01 for £20,462.42   from the Local Infrastructure
Fund

 
1.2         
Cabinet is 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) 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

·      
Eighth Review Agreed and planned for the Winter of
2025/26
 
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None