Purpose

To approve the BDC CIL Expenditure Programme September 2026

Decision

It was RESOLVED: -

1. 1.1          That the CIL Expenditure Programme (September 2026) and accompanying Technical assessments of the following two CIL Bids  (forming Appendices A and B) were approved/noted (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

B26-12

COPDOCK AND WASHBROOK

Copdock and Washbrook Mill Lane Play Area Upgrade Project

Amount of CIL Bid £93,303.66

Total Project Costs £129,747.49 (excluding VAT)

Total Eligible Project Costs £124,404.88 (excluding VAT)

Other sources of funding

Belstead Galzoni Charitable Trust £3,000.00

Locality Fund - Cllr Rowland (District) £750.00

Locality Fund - Cllr Hudson (SCC) £1000.00

Parish Council Contribution £31,693.83

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B26-12 for        £93,303.66   from the Local  Infrastructure Fund

Delegated Decisions for Cabinet to note:  -  Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

B26-07

ASSINGTON

Village Hall and Playing Fields Outdoor Gym Project

Amount of CIL Bid £11,727.00  

Total Project Costs £16,356.00 (including VAT)

Total Eligible Project Costs £15,636.00

Other sources of funding

Assington Village Charity £2,000.00

Parish Council Contribution £2,000.00

Assington Village Hall £629.00

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid B26-07 for £11,727.00  from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund

1. 1.2          Cabinet also noted and endorsed this CIL Expenditure Programme which includes 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), March 2023, March 2024 and June 2025. 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 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 for consideration in September 2026

Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None

Any Dispensation Granted: None