Decision Maker: Babergh Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: September 9, 2025

Purpose: To seek approval for expenditure on CIL Bids under the CIL Expenditure Programme - September 2025

Content: It was RESOLVED: -   1.1         That the CIL Expenditure Programme (September 2025) and accompanying Technical assessments of the following seven CIL Bids  (forming Appendices A and B) be approved and noted (including decisions on these CIL Bids for Cabinet to make and note) as follows:-   Decisions for Cabinet to make:  - Ringfenced Infrastructure Funds   CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision B25-03   HADLEIGH   Hadleigh Parkside Pre-school Facility       Amount of CIL Bid £174,144.00 Total eligible cost of the project £188,181.31     (excluding VAT) Other funding Suffolk County Council Early Years Grant £14,037.31   Subject to securing a lease for the correct term (25 years) the recommendation to Cabinet is to approve CIL Bid B25-03 for £174,144.00 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Hadleigh) B24-10   LAVENHAM   Green Willows Footpath link to Harwood   Amount of CIL Bid £65,550.76 Total cost of the project £65,550.76     (excluding VAT) Other funding (for street lighting)from:- Lavenham Parish Council   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid B24-10 for £65,550.76 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Lavenham)     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 B24-07 IPSWICH (Recycling Centre) Amount of CIL Bid  £123,266.00   Total eligible project costs £6,500,000(excluding VAT) Total cost of the Phase 2 Redevelopment of Site £4,500,000.00 (excluding VAT) Other sources of funding for Phase 2 Suffolk County Council Capital - £4,255,011.00 Contribution from S106 £21,051.00 Contribution from Mid Suffolk CIL (recommended for approval to Mid Suffolk District Council) £100,672.00 Recommendation to Cabinet to approve this CIL Bid B24-07 for  £123,266.00   from the Strategic  Infrastructure Fund as a departure from the CIL Expenditure Framework and subject to Suffolk County Council completing the purchase of the new site.   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 B25-05 SPROUGHTON Church Lane Play Area Project Amount of CIL Bid  £87,502.55   Total eligible project costs £116,670.07 (excluding VAT) Other funding Cllr Helen Davies £1,000.00 S106 funding £23,866.86 Playing Field Grant £3,500.00 Parish Council £800.66 (The Parish Council are also funding the ineligible project costs at a total of £4,112.91) Recommendation to Cabinet to approve this CIL Bid B25-05 for  £87,502.55   from the Local  Infrastructure Fund   Delegated Decisions for Cabinet to note:  -  (Ringfenced Infrastructure Funds  and Local Infrastructure Funds)   CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision B25-08 HOLBROOK Holbrook Footpath 023 Upgrade Amount of CIL Bid  £3,745.00 Total eligible project costs £3,745.00 (excluding VAT)   Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid B25-08 for £3,745.00    from the Local Infrastructure Fund B25-09 ACTON Village Hall - Eco lighting Project     Amount of CIL Bid  £9,990.00   Total eligible project costs £15,744.52 (including VAT) Other funding Acton Parish Council £5,754.52   Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid B25-09 for £9,990.00    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Acton) B25-04 LITTLE CORNARD Amount of CIL Bid  £25,428.00 Total eligible project costs £33,904.00 (excluding VAT) Other funding Parish Council Contribution £8,476.00   Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid B24-05 for £25,428.00    from the Local Infrastructure Fund   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 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 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     Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None Any Dispensation Granted: None