Purpose

This report seeks approval to allocate local Community Infrastructure Levy (‘local CIL’) funds to community projects assessed from 3 March to 2 April 2026 – the projects are listed in the Recommendations section below. The projects have been assessed by officers to ensure they are in line with the CIL regulations and the Council’s assessment criteria for local CIL allocations, as set out in the case officer reports in Appendix 1.

Under the Council’s Constitution, the allocation of Camden CIL funds is a matter delegated to the Executive Director Investment, Place and Opportunity.

Decision

That the Executive Director Investment, Place and Opportunity agrees to allocate local Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds as follows:

i                      LCIL688 - Covent Garden Community Centre – Community Support Services - £36,127

ii                     LCIL689 - Emmanuel Primary School playground renovation - £40,750

iii                   LCIL691 - PACE Fortune Green Playcentre Under 5s Friday Drop-ins - £18,568

iv                  LCIL703 - Richard Cobden Primary School Community Investment Project - £99,000

v                    LCIL713 - Primrose Hill Primary School - Outside Improvements - £13,500

vi                   LCIL725 - icandance Primrose Hill 2026-2027 - £36,540

vii                 LCIL735 - Calthorpe Community Garden - Improving Security and Health and Safety - £20,000

viii               LCIL737 - shiftED Design & Making Programmes - £50,000

ix                   LCIL739 - Great Croft Day Care Centre Roof Repairs - £15,000

x                    LCIL745 - Holy Trinity Primary School - Perimeter and Playground Works - £14,000

xi                  LCIL748 - HomeRun STEP (School Travel Evaluation Project) Borough-wide - £21,000

xii                 LCIL749 - Belsize Street Swap - £2,500

xiii               LCIL751 - Women at the Well Substance Use Worker 2026 - £47,730

xiv              LCIL753 - Kennistoun and Willingham Tenants and Residents Association Hall - £1,135

xv                LCIL755 - Camden Mela Regent's Park 2026 - £10,000

xvi              LCIL757 - New Diorama Theatre - Education and Community Co-creation Programme 2026 - £20,000

xvii            LCIL759 - Carrol and Sanderson Estate Community Gardening Phase 2 - £3,250

xviii           LCIL760 - South Hampstead Estates Recycling Infrastructure - £24,500

xix               LCIL761 - London Youth Theatre - £76,358