Issue - meetings
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funding Priorities and Monitoring
Meeting: 10/03/2021 - Cabinet (Item 10)
10 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Future Funding Priorities and Monitoring Update 
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Decision:
1. That an allocation of £250,000 for a further round of community bids in 2022/23 be approved, as part of an ongoing programme of community schemes, with future arrangements beyond 2022/23 to be reviewed annually.
2. That the CIL spending protocol (CAB3071) which sets out how CIL spending will be assessed, prioritised and decisions made as to which schemes receive CIL funding allocations, be amended by replacing the former Regulation123 List, with the Infrastructure Funding Statement that is published annually on the City Council’s website and identifies priorities and projects which may be funded in whole or in part by CIL income.
3. That the need to keep under review priorities for CIL funding for emerging infrastructure projects and up-date the Infrastructure Funding Statement accordingly be noted and to further note the list of emerging schemes set out in table 4 of the report CAB3292 which may be considered for CIL funding in future..
Minutes:
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(CAB3292)
Councillor Porter introduced the report which included details of how the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding for council projects would be undertaken and reported on the progress of current schemes included in the agreed CIL programme.
At the invitation of the Leader, Councillors Power and Read addressed Cabinet as summarised briefly below.
Councillor Power Highlighted that the vast majority of projects related to highways and queried what steps the council could take to expedite their delivery. What measures were being undertaken to ensure parish councils spent CIL monies allocated to them?
Councillor Read Believed that the popularity of the CIL scheme had resulted in it being over-subscribed and monies available had not been increased to reflect this. Considered that town areas of the district had benefited far more from CIL funds than rural areas. The report should also include information regarding the sources of CIL funds.
The Leader and Councillor Porter responded to the questions raised including clarifying that schemes within the town area accessed a separate CIL fund of monies collected from the town area. In addition to the delays caused by the Covid pandemic, a number of projects across the district had been delayed waiting for input from the County Council.
Cabinet agreed the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.
RESOLVED:
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1. That an allocation of £250,000 for a further round of community bids in 2022/23 be approved, as part of an ongoing programme of community schemes, with future arrangements beyond 2022/23 to be reviewed annually.
2. That the CIL spending protocol (CAB3071) which sets out how CIL spending will be assessed, prioritised and decisions made as to which schemes receive CIL funding allocations, be amended by replacing the former Regulation123 List, with the Infrastructure Funding Statement that is published annually on the City Council’s website and identifies priorities and projects which may be funded in whole or in part by CIL income.
3. That the need to keep under review priorities for CIL funding for emerging infrastructure projects and up-date the Infrastructure Funding Statement accordingly be noted and to further note the list of emerging schemes set out in table 4 of the report CAB3292 which may be considered for CIL funding in future.
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