Issue - items at meetings - Allocating Monies Collected Through CIL

Planning and Economic Development Portfolio

To consider report PES/452 of the Head of Economy and Planning.

That the Cabinet:

a) endorses the CIL funds received to date and the outcome of the public engagement exercise on the amendments to the allocation and governance of the CIL Neighbourhood Improvement Strand monies, agreed by Cabinet in November 2022 report PES/420.

b) approves that up to £100,000 of CIL Neighbourhood Improvement Strand be allocated and committed to the Three Bridges 3G Synthetic Turf Pitch 3G project, subject to the outcome of a public engagement exercise and subject to submission of sufficient evidence supplied to the Head of Corporate Finance to demonstrate a funding gap.

c) delegates the negotiation, approval, and completion of all relevant documentation, including legal paperwork, regarding the Three Bridges 3G Synthetic Turf Pitch 3G project, to the Head of Major Projects and Commercial Services, Head of Governance, People and Performance and the Head of Corporate Finance.

(Generic Delegations 2 & 3 will be used to enact this recommendation).

d) approves the proposed amendments to the allocation and governance of the CIL Neighbourhood Improvement Strand monies set out in sections 9 and 10 of this report PES/452, subject to the outcome of a public engagement exercise.

e) delegates authority to Head of Economy and Planning, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development to undertake a public engagement exercise on the proposed amendments to the allocation and governance of CIL Neighbourhood Improvement Strand monies, as set out in sections 9 and 10 of this report PES/452.

f) delegates authority to the Head of Economy and Planning, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development, to implement any procedural modifications to the CIL Neighbourhood Improvement Strand, including in response to the public engagement exercise.

(Generic Delegation 7 will be used to enact this recommendation).

Reasons for the Recommendations

To ensure best practice for the ongoing distribution of the Neighbourhood Improvement Strand CIL monies, in line with government regulations.

To unlock CIL Neighbourhood Improvement Strand monies to enable delivery of a synthetic 3G pitch facility at Three Bridges FC as significant new amenity infrastructure for Three Bridges neighbourhood.

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development presented report PES/452of the Head of Economy and Planning. Members were reminded that the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was a charge which can be levied by local authorities on new development in their area. It was an important tool for local authorities to use to help them deliver the infrastructure needed to support development in their area. The report provided Cabinet with an update on the collection and administration of CIL monies along with the review of the Neighbourhood Improvement Fund (NIF) which was 15% of the CIL monies. The report proposed to allocate £100k of the NIF to the Three Bridges 3G Synthetic Turf Pitch project subject to submission of further evidence and the response to public consultation.

Councillors C Mullins, Irvine, Jones spoke as part of the discussion on the report, including commenting on the benefit to the town of having a further 3G pitch available for community use.

RESOLVED