Purpose

Annual Review and Update of the Council's
second SIP accompanied by a review of the Council's DMP
Infrastructure Delivery Schedule.

Decision

RESOLVED that the
Executive RECOMMENDS to:
 

1.   
Note the progress in delivering the projects in the
Council’s second Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
Strategic Infrastructure Programme (SIP) 2023/24-2027/28 provided
at Annex 1 of this report.

2.   
Agree the SIP(2) update for 2025 provided at Annex 2 of this
report.
 

3.   
Authorise the Head of Planning and Regulatory Services in
consultation with the Executive Member for Place, Planning and
Regulatory Services to allocate strategic CIL funding to urgent ad
hoc infrastructure projects that support the development of the
borough up to a total of £500,000 for the remainder of the
2025/26 financial year. Ad hoc bids for urgent infrastructure
funding will need to be submitted by 30th July 2025 and will be
reported in the annual SIP update reports to Executive and in the
Council’s Infrastructure Funding Statement published each
December.
 

4.   
Authorise the Head of Place Delivery in consultation with the
Executive Member for Finance and Assets, the Executive Member for
Place, Planning and Regulatory Services and the Executive Member
for Sustainability and Leisure to: • Progress the Three Arch
Road junction improvements project. • Identify suitable
replacement common land either owned by the Council or Surrey
County Council that meets the requirements of the Secretary of
State as outlined in the Commons Act and all relevant statutory
guidance. • Undertake a joint public consultation with Surrey
County Council into the proposed de-registration of common land at
Three Arch/Maple Road junction and suitable replacement land.
• Finalise the exact plot boundaries for the Commons Act
application in light of matters arising from public consultation,
completion of the junction design and agreement of suitable
mitigation measures. • Authorise the preparation and
submission of a joint application with Surrey County Council under
section 16 of the Commons Act to the Secretary of State (following
the public consultation and subject to consideration of responses)
seeking to: *de-register land at the Three Arch/Maple Road junction
to facilitate junction improvement works – shown on the
indictive accompanying plan (Annex 3); and *register suitable
replacement common land on an appropriate site(s) either owned by
the Council or Surrey County Council. • undertake an
independent valuation of the land to be disposed of, and provided
that the undervalue is less than £2m, to dispose of the land
to Surrey County Council (or any successor authority) for a nominal
consideration of £1. • Undertake a public consultation
into the proposed disposal of allotment land at Maple Road
allotment site pursuant to the Allotment Act 1925. • Finalise
the exact plot boundaries for the allotment application in light of
matters arising from public consultation, completion of the
junction design and agreement of suitable mitigation measures.
• Prepare and submit an application under the Allotment Act
1925 to the Secretary of State (following the public consultation
and subject to consideration of responses) seeking to: *dispose of
land at Maple Road allotment site to facilitate junction
improvement works – shown on the indictive accompanying plan
(Annex 3); and *register such land as to provide suitable
replacement allotment land either owned by the Council or Surrey
County Council • Make an application for adverse possession to
the Land Registry for unregistered land at Three Arch/Maple road
junction – shown on the indicative plan (Annex 3) •
Dispose of the common land, the allotment land, and necessary
unregistered land (once consent is granted) for the junction
improvement works to Surrey County Council or to any successor body
as necessary.