Purpose

To approve MSDC CIL Expenditure Programme July 202

Decision

It was RESOLVED: -

1. 1.1          That the CIL Expenditure Programme (July 2026) and accompanying Technical assessments of the following eight CIL Bids  (forming Appendices A and B) were approved and noted (including decisions on these CIL Bids for Cabinet to make and noted) as follows:-

Decisions for Cabinet to make : - Ringfenced Infrastructure Funds and Local Infrastructure Funds

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M25-06

AKENHAM/HENLEY

Wrathalls Wood, Church Lane, Henley, Ipswich, Akenham Bridleway 009 & Henley Bridleway 32 Improvement Project

Amount of CIL Bid £10,541.00

Total cost of the project £13,791.00

Other Sources of funding

£3,250.00 SCC PRoW

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-06 for £7,291.00 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Henley) and £3,250.00 from the Local  Infrastructure Fund

M24-11

TOSTOCK

Tostock Village Hall Improvements Project

Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00

Total cost of the project £188,738.44 inclusive of VAT

Total Eligible Project Costs £146,823.78 (including VAT)

Secured Other Funding:

Tostock Parish Council - £40,000

Village Hall Reserves - £29,000

MSDC Community Development Grant - £20,000

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-11 for £100,000.00 with £87,769.16 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund and £12,230.84  Local Infrastructure Fund 

Decisions for Cabinet to make : -  Local Infrastructure Funds

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M23-11

STOWMARKET

Stowmarket John Peel Centre Platform Lift and Associated Works Project

Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00

Total Eligible Project Costs £145,320.00 (including VAT)

Other Sources of funding

Stowmarket Gateway Fund £45,320.00

Subject to licences being granted by the Stowmarket Town Council and Mid Suffolk District Council to the John Peel Centre, the recommendation to Cabinet is to approve CIL Bid M23-11 for £100,000.00    from the Local Infrastructure Fund 

M26-04

STOWMARKET

Old Fire Station Community Space Project

Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00

Total project costs: £219,232.95 (including VAT)

Total ineligible project costs: £79,342.97 – these are being covered by s106 Funds (£30,110.02), Red Gables Reserves (£19,232.95) and Stowmarket Town Council (£30,000)

Total eligible project costs: £139,889.98 (including VAT)

Other sources of funding

S106 Funds - £39,889.98

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M26-04 for £100,000.00    from the Local Infrastructure Fund

M26-10

BEDFIELD

St Nicholas Church Accessible Composting Toilet and Pathway

Amount of CIL Bid £37,569.60

Total project costs: £53,568.00 (including VAT)

Total ineligible project costs: £3,475.20 – these are being covered by Friends Of Bedfield Heritage Fundraising (£3,475.20).

Total eligible project costs: £50,092.80 (including VAT)

Suffolk Historic Churches Grant - £4,000

FOBH Fundraising - £8,523.20

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M26-10 for £37,569.60    from the Local Infrastructure Fund

M26-05

STOWMARKET

Creeting Road “Big Park” Play Area Upgrade Project

Amount of CIL Bid £143,532.41

Total project costs £150,00 (excluding VAT)

Total eligible project costs £143,532.41 (excluding VAT)

Other sources of funding

Capital funds : £6,467.59

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M26-05 for £143,532.41  from the Local Infrastructure Fund

Delegated Decisions for Cabinet to note: - Ringfenced Infrastructure Funds

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M26-02

NEEDHAM MARKET

Community Centre – Solar project

Amount of CIL Bid £24,765.00

Total project costs: £41,310.00 (excluding VAT)

Total ineligible project costs: £8,290 – these are being covered by Community Centre funds (£4,145) and Needham Market Town Council (£4,145)

Total eligible project costs: £33,020.00 (excluding VAT)

Other sources of funding

Community Centre - £4,127.50

Town Council - £4,127.50

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M26-02 for £24,765.00    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Needham Market)

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

M26-01

BATTISFORD

Village Hall  - Solar project

Amount of CIL Bid £13,965.77

Total cost of the project £18,970.92 (excluding VAT)

Other Sources of funding

Mid Suffolk Community Development Grant £5,005.15

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M26-01 for £13,965.77 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

1. 1.2          Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL Expenditure Programme which included details of emerging infrastructure/CIL Bids (Appendix A Section C).

REASON FOR DECISION

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies had 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, March 2024 and June 2025. The CIL Expenditure Framework required the production of a CIL Expenditure Programme for each District and contained 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 was delivered.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

There was 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  of the report 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 – June 2025

·       Eighth Review  - May/June 2026 with outcomes to be presented to Council in September 2026

Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None

Any Dispensation Granted: None