Decision Maker: Mid Suffolk Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: March 11, 2025

Purpose: To approve the  expenditure on CIL Bids under the CIL Expenditure Programme - March 2025

Content: It was RESOLVED: - 1.1          That the CIL Expenditure Programme (March 2025) and accompanying Technical assessments of the following 5 CIL Bids  (forming Appendices A and B) be approved (including decisions on these CIL Bids for Cabinet to make/note as follows:- Decisions for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced Infrastructure Funds (Badwell Ash, Elmswell) CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision   M24-18   BADWELL ASH   Creation of Community Courtyard Social Space Badwell Ash Village Hall           Amount of CIL Bid £20,949.04 Total cost of the project £27,932.05 (includes VAT)   Other sources of funding MSDC Capital Grant - £6,983.01     Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-18 for £20,949.04 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Badwell Ash)   M24-19   ELMSWELL   Blackbourne Community Centre Solar PV array and batteries       Amount of CIL Bid £35,026.00 Total cost of the project £46,702.50 (excludes VAT) Other funding – Elmswell Parish Council Reserves £11,676.50 Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-19 for £35,026.00 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Elmswell)   Decisions for Cabinet to make:  -  Local Infrastructure Fund M24-25 CREETING ST PETER Footpath 23 Gipping Valley River Path Amount of CIL Bid £35,778.14 Total cost of the project £35,778.14 (excludes VAT)   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-25 for £35,778.14 from the Local Infrastructure Fund M24-27 BATTISFORD Battisford and District Cricket Club upgraded treatment plant system Amount of CIL Bid £20,107.42 Total cost of the project £27,232.42 (including VAT) Other funding – Combs Parish Council - £1,500 Battisford Parish Council - £1,000 Cllr Daniel Pratt - £1,000.00 Cllr Kay Oakes - £750.00 Cricket Club Funds - £2,875.00 Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-27 for £20,107.42 from the Local Infrastructure Fund M24-24 LITTLE BLAKENHAM Little Blakenham Village Hall Rebuild Amount of CIL Bid £75,000.00 Total eligible cost of the project £130,506.00 (excluding VAT) Total project cost £157,586.00 (excluding VAT) Other funding – Port One - £82,586.00 (£55,506.00 of this funding to be used for the CIL bid)   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-24 for £75,000.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund   1.2          Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL Expenditure Programme which includes the position in respect of approved CIL Bids from Rounds 1 to 14 inclusive (Appendix A Section B) together with 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 and March 2024. 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 – this review planned for Winter 2024/25 has been temporarily placed on hold. A new timetable for this work will be devised. Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None Any Dispensation Granted: None