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Allocating Monies Collected Through Community Infrastructure Levy – Infrastructure Business Plan 2019/20

Meeting: 06/02/2019 - Cabinet (Item 8)

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Planning and Economic Development Portfolio

 

To consider report PES/302 of the Head of Economy and Planning, was referred to the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission held on 4 February 2019.

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development presented report PES/302 of the Head of Economy and Planning, which provided the findings of the first Annual review of Crawley’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Programme. The report set out proposed changes to the Infrastructure Business Plan (IBP), included the removal, following advice from the CCG, of the potential investment in a Bewbush medical centre at Bewbush Pavilion, which was acknowledged by the Cabinet was desperately needed with the impact of Kilnwood Vale. But instead investment to funding two new consultant rooms at both Saxonbrook Medical Centre, Northgate and at Pound Hill Medical Group respectively.

 

The report also detail the result of the one year pilot Crowdfund Crawley scheme. The scheme had proved to be successful with over £12k worth of funding being provided to community lead schemes/ projects across the Borough and as a result of this it was proposed that the scheme be renewed for a further year.

 

Councillor Cheshire presented the Overview and Scrutiny Commission’s comments on the report to the Cabinet following consideration of the matter at its meeting on 4 February 2019. The Commission commented that they were pleased with the success of the crowdfunding schemes and hoped that a further thought could be made over the potential for some offline applications form for the scheme, rather than just through the Spacehive portal.

 

Councillors Jones and Skudder all spoke as part of the discussion on the report.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

That Cabinet

 

a)      approves the proposed revised CIL strategic infrastructure spend priorities presented in the Infrastructure Business Plan (Appendix A) set out in Section 6 to report PES/304, to the end of 2021/22.

 

b)      notes that the Infrastructure Business Plan, including the funding programme, will continue to be reviewed on an annual basis to take into account any changes in strategic infrastructure priorities and fluctuations in CIL receipts compared to the forecast. The next review is proposed to take place in February 2020.

 

c)      approves extending the Crowdfund Crawley pilot scheme until the end of March 2020 and for the scheme to be reviewed again in February 2020. 2.2.4. To approve the recommendation to broaden the requirement as to when the Council will consider making a pledge from the Neighbourhood Improvement Fund, to include projects which achieve 10 individual pledges for funding. (See Section 11.7 of report PES/302)

 

d)      approves the application of the CIL administrative fee, capped at 5% of total receipts per annum. (See section 5.3.1 and Section 7 of report PES/302).

 

Reasons for the Recommendations

 

1.       By approving the revised CIL Infrastructure Business Plan, it will give clarity as to the projects identified as a priority for delivery using CIL finances and it will also provide a clear audit trail.

 

2.       The extension to the Crowdfund Crawley programme will allow the Council to better evaluate the impact that the programme has had. By broadening the requirement that the Council will consider making a pledge, this should enable individual projects which have struggled to get initial  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8