Decision Maker: Babergh Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: March 11, 2025

Purpose: To 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 seven 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:  - Local Infrastructure Fund CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision B24-17   HOLBROOK   Upgrade to Bridleway 12 Amount of CIL Bid £22,475.00 Total cost of the project £22,475.00  (eligible costs excluding VAT)   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-17 for £22,475.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund B22-13   NAYLAND WITH WISSINGTON   Environmental improvements to the Village Hall   Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00  Total project cost £471,606.45 excluding VAT Total eligible project costs £159,491.39  (excluding VAT) Other funding Nayland with Wissington Parish Council £60,000.00 Nayland Village Hall Management Committee £36,301.45 Lottery Funding £275,305.00 Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B22-13 for £100,000.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund B24-19   LEAVENHEATH   Village Green Play Area project Amount of CIL Bid £82,405.14 Total eligible project costs £109,873.52  (excluding VAT) Other funding S106 funding £15,324.36 BDC Capital grant funding £10,000.00 Leavenheath Neighbourhood CIL £2,144.02   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-19 for £82,405.14 from the Local Infrastructure Fund   Decision for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (East Bergholt, Great Waldingfield) CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision B23-14   EAST BERGHOLT   East Bergholt Tennis Club – upgrade of clubhouse/toilets Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00  Total project cost £190,990.00 Total eligible project costs £144,795.00 (excluding VAT) Other funding Tennis Club £60,000.00 Parish Council £31,000.00   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B23-14 for £100,000.00   from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund B24-20   GREAT WALDINGFIELD   Upgrade to Footpaths 11 and 12   Amount of CIL Bid £17,450.00    Total eligible project costs £18,450.00 (excluding VAT) Other funding £1,000.00 from Parish Neighbourhood CIL Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-20 for £17,450.00    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund   Delegated Decisions for Cabinet to note:  -  Local Infrastructure Fund CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision B24-16 FRESTON Freston Bridleway 45 (Cutler’s Wood) Amount of CIL Bid  £7,275.00   Total eligible project costs £7,275.00 (excluding VAT)   Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid B24-16 for £7,275.00    from the Local Infrastructure Fund B24-02 TATTINGSTONE Tattingstone Village Hall Solar Energy project Amount of CIL Bid £8,625.00 Total eligible project costs £11,500.00 (including VAT) Other funding - £2,875.00 Tattingstone Village Hall Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid B24-02 for £8,625.00    from the Local Infrastructure Fund   1.2          Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL Expenditure Programme which included 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 – Originally agreed and planned for October 2024 onwards so that any outcomes are in place before Bid round 15 (May 2025). Temporarily placed on hold whilst impacts of DfE school rebuilding programme and SCC 5 year CIL spending plan are assessed and known. New timetable to be set in due course.   Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None Any Dispensation Granted: None