Purpose

Cabinet to consider and approve the recommendations, in
relation to the Allocation of Community
Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funds 2025.
 

Decision

It was RESOLVED that Cabinet approved the
recommendations, as amended, that: 
 

The recommendations be approved for the allocation
of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding, in accordance with
the CIL Spending Protocol, as set out in Appendices A and B;
and

 
b.   that the
£1.25M CIL previously allocated in 2021 to the Four Marks
Community building be reallocated to the revised project for the
refurbishment of Benians Pavillion in Four Marks with the following specific
conditions:-
 
1.       The submission of
the planning application by the 30th September 2025
 
2.       Confirmation of the
full funding of the project by 31st December 2025
 
3.       Development must
commence within 2 years of the allocation of CIL funds (the date of
this report, 18 July 2025)
 
4.       No further Strategic
CIL funding to be applied to this project
 
Failure to meet these requirements
results in the automatic removal of the £1.25m CIL funding
allocated and the need for a further bid.
 

The reallocation of the underspent funds for the
HCC Alton Railway Station Active Travel Mobility Hub project to the
HCC Anstey Road Puffin Crossing project.

 
Cabinet also NOTED that:
 

Two bids received from the Whitehill and Bordon
Area have been approved by delegated authority given to the
Portfolio Holder for Whitehill and Bordon as detailed in paragraph
4.4; and
The projects identified as ‘at risk’
of CIL allocations being removed as detailed in paragraph 7.2;
and
The progress of all projects allocated CIL funding
since 2021 (Appendix D), with many completed providing significant
benefits for local communities; and
The intention for an application to be submitted
for £500,000 towards the Whitehill and Bordon Leisure Centre
Extension, which will be considered for allocation in
2026.
A time limit of 31 December 2025 to evidence
satisfactory progress will be applied to projects identified in
paragraph 7.2 of the report. Such decision as to satisfactory
evidence to be made by the Executive Director Operations in
consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Regulation and
Enforcement.

 
Cabinet noted erratum in paragraph 7.2 of the report
‘end of September 2025’ should read ‘end of
December 2025’