Decision

Summary of Decision

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development has approved the following Neighbourhood CIL bids:

i)                Covent Garden Conservation Area Audit

ii)               Feathers Club Management System and Operations

iii)             Marylebone Bangladesh Society Basement Improvements

iv)             Marylebone War Memorial (The Annunciation Bryanston Street) Revitalisation

v)              Soho Poly Theatre Restoration Supplement

vi)             Christ Church Bentinck CE Primary School - Community Playground /Pitch Renovation

vii)           St Peter’s Eaton Square Primary School - Playground Extension Feasibility and Design

viii)          Soho Public Convenience Project Feasibility Study

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development has approved the following Carbon Offset bids:

i)                    English National Opera LED Lighting Replacement

ii)                  WECH Power Station

Reasons for Decision 

With regard to Neighbourhood CIL, the decision ensures robust and effective expenditure and reporting in line with the Planning Act (2008) and the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended) and in accordance with the council’s strategic priorities, the revised CIL Spending Policy Statement (2022), and the council’s frameworks for resource allocation and management.

The decision ensures with regard to carbon offset funds robust and effective expenditure in line with the Town and Country Planning Act (1990), the Greater London Authority guidance for London’s Local Planning Authorities on establishing carbon offset funds (2022), and in accordance with the council’s strategic priorities, the Westminster Carbon Offset Fund Guidance (2023), and the council’s frameworks for resource allocation and management.