Decision Maker: Mid Suffolk Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: November 11, 2025

Purpose: To approve MSDC CIL Expenditure Programme November 2025

Content: It was RESOLVED: -   1.1          That the CIL Expenditure Programme (November 2025) and accompanying Technical assessments of the following seven CIL Bids  (forming Appendices A and B) to be approved/noted (including decisions on 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 M25-15   STOWMARKET   SHELF Project Phase 2 New Pavilion at Chilton Fields Amount of CIL Bid £1,605,703.13 Total costs of the project £4,977,972.00(excluding VAT) Other sources of funding Mid Suffolk District Council Capital funding £3,372,268.87   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-15 for £1,605,703.13 from the Strategic Infrastructure Fund   Decisions for Cabinet to make:  -  Ringfenced and Strategic Infrastructure Funds   CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision M24-22 THURSTON Rail Improvements next phase of Level Crossing project – ESC3 Phase Amount of CIL Bid £517,496.00. Total cost of the project £517,496.00. (excluding VAT) Total of eligible project costs £517,496.00. (excluding VAT) Potential of £37,064.22 to be collected for the project from a s106 agreement. If/when received this amount will reduce the amount of CIL required for this project. Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M24-22 for £517,496.00, £258,748 from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Thurston) and £258,748  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 M25-08 STOWMARKET Stowmarket Recreation Ground Play Area redevelopment   Amount of CIL Bid £100,000.00 Total cost of the project £366,000.00 (excluding VAT) Total of eligible project costs £349,364.91 (excluding VAT) Other sources of funding Town Council  £149,364.91 S106 funding £100,000.00 (£16,635.09 of ineligible costs will also be funded by the Town Council) Recommendation to Cabinet to approve CIL Bid M25-08 for £100,000.00 from the Local Infrastructure Fund M25-14 ELMSWELL Crown Mills Play Area Upgrade Amount of CIL Bid £51,004.42 Total cost of the project £73,832.22 (excluding VAT) Total of eligible project costs £68,005.89 (excluding VAT) Other sources of funding Parish Council Neighbourhood CIL  £17,001.47 (£5,826.33 of ineligible costs will also be funded by the Parish Council Neighbourhood CIL)   Recommendation to Cabinet to approve  CIL Bid M25-14 for £51,004.42 from the Local Infrastructure Fund   Delegated Decisions for Cabinet to note: - (Ringfenced Infrastructure Funds)   CIL Bid, Location and Infrastructure Proposed Amount of CIL Bid and total cost of the infrastructure Cabinet Decision M25-10 DEBENHAM New infra-red heating project Debenham Church   Amount of CIL Bid £29,999.00 Total cost of the project £69,742.62. (excluding VAT) Total eligible project costs £67,242.62 (excluding VAT)   Other funding Parish Council Contribution:  £15,000 Local Fundraising:                 £14,450.00 Alfred Williams Trust:            £2,500 Suffolk Historic Churches:     £6,000 Church Reserves £1,793.62 Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M25-10 for £29,999.00    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Debenham) M25-13 OLD NEWTON   Village Hall Toilets Upgrade   Amount of CIL Bid £28,458.11 Total cost of the project £37,944.15. (including VAT) Total eligible project costs £37,944.15 (including VAT)   Other sources of funding Parish Neighbourhood CIL:  £9,486.04       Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M25-13 for £28,458.11    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Old Newton)   Delegated Decisions 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 M24-10 GOSBECK Community Village Hall Solar project   Amount of CIL Bid £20,426.63 Total cost of the project £27,235.51 (including VAT) Total eligible project costs £27,235.51 (including VAT)   Other sources of funding Section 106 £2,620.39 MSDC Community Development Grant £2,839.31 Locality Funding £1,349.18 Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M24-10 for £20,426.63   from the Local Infrastructure Fund   1.2          Cabinet were also asked to note and endorse this CIL Expenditure Programme which included 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) 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 was 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 of the report 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 Agreed and planned for the Winter of 2025 with outcomes for Council to consider in Spring 2026   Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None Any Dispensation Granted: None