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 four 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: - Strategic Infrastructure Fund

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M24-06

STOWMARKET

Improvements to Waste Recycling Centre

Amount of CIL Bid £38,376.00

Total cost of the project £1,000,000

Other Sources of funding: -

£SCC - £873,534 secured

S106 held by SCC- £88,090

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve this CIL Bid M24-06 for £38,376.00 from the Strategic 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

M23-15

EYE

Eye Banks Art Centre Infrastructure Improvement Project

Amount of CIL Bid £44,901.05

Total project costs £75,202.58

(including VAT)

Total ineligible project costs: £15,334.51 – these are being covered by s106 Funds £5,000, MSDC Community Development Grant £5,032.98 and Bank Centre Reserves £5,301.53

Total eligible project costs: £59,868.07

(including VAT)

Other sources of funding: -

MSDC Community Development Grant - £14,967.02

Recommendation to Cabinet to approve this CIL Bid M23-15 for £44,901.05 from the Local Infrastructure Fund

Decision for Cabinet to make: - AMENDMENT TO A CIL BID PREVIOUSLY AGREED BY CABINET ON 10th JUNE 2025

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M24-26

(Reconsideration of time period for completion of this approved CIL project)

WOOLPIT and ELMSWELL

Footway and Cycleway

Amount of CIL Bid £3,099,930.16 (Unchanged)

Total cost of the project £3,498,425.00 (excluding VAT)

Other sources of funding S106 – £398,494.84

Additional part of footway to be funded through SCC Active Travel Funding = £300,000

Recommendation is for Cabinet to extend the time period for completion of this CIL Bid M24-26 to 31st March 2028 subject to all the agreed caveats (see below and the Technical Assessment and decision made by Mid Suffolks Cabinet on the 10th of June 2025)

Delegated Decision for Cabinet to note: - Local Infrastructure Funds

CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed

Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure

Cabinet Decision

M26-03

TOSTOCK

Tostock Village Hall Car Park Extension project

Amount of CIL Bid £28,290.83

Total project costs: £37,721.10

 (excluding VAT)

Total eligible project costs: £37,721.10

(excluding VAT)

Other sources of funding: -

Village Hall Reserves: £9,430.27

Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M26-03 for £28,290.83     from the Local 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 have been collected since the implementation of CIL on the 11th of 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 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 above 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