Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: March 10, 2026

Purpose:

Content: DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST RELATING TO THIS ITEM:   None   RESOLVED:   That Cabinet:   1.    Noted all the responses received regarding the consultation on spending the Round?2 Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy, as set out in Appendix?A to the report. 2.    Approved the spending of Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy on the Round?2 projects listed in Table?3 of the report.   Reasons for decision   The collection and spending of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), including Neighbourhood CIL (NCIL), was governed by the Planning Act?2008 and associated Regulations. Government guidance on CIL and NCIL was also provided through Planning Practice Guidance (PPG).   The Regulations enabled the Council to set aside 15% of CIL receipts (25% in areas with an adopted Neighbourhood Plan) to support the development of the relevant area by funding either: (a) the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure; or (b) anything else concerned with addressing the demands that development placed on an area. This portion of CIL was known as NCIL. The Council’s adopted approach to spending NCIL, set out in its CIL Governance document (2020), provided that NCIL should be spent on neighbourhood projects, and that the neighbourhood proportion of CIL receipts collected across the borough would be pooled (except in Neighbourhood Forum Areas). The Governance document further established that the borough would be divided into nine NCIL areas, each requiring consultation, and that the Council would then determine spending based on the project lists for each area, taking consultation feedback into account. The Council conducted consultation in December?2025 and January?2026 to identify the NCIL spending priorities for the nine NCIL areas. Consultation feedback and suggested projects were reviewed, and a proposed package of locally supported projects was developed, consistent with the Haringey Deal and subject to spending approval. These proposals were compatible with the Regulations and the CIL Governance criteria, aligned with the Haringey Vision?2035, and were agreed with relevant service delivery areas within the Council.   The governance process for identifying projects in Neighbourhood Forum Areas differed slightly. Projects within the borough’s two Forum Areas were informed by consultation with the Highgate Neighbourhood Forum and the Crouch End Neighbourhood Forum, with due regard given to the same considerations applied elsewhere.   Alternative options considered:   Not spending NCIL consistent with community priorities This option was dismissed. The Council’s CIL Governance document committed the authority to identifying NCIL spending priorities through consultation with local communities and to implementing them. The Round?2 consultation generated over 2,700 responses and produced a broad range of appropriate project types and priorities for potential NCIL expenditure.   Delaying allocation of NCIL This option was also dismissed. Most projects funded under NCIL Round?1 had been delivered, and further funding was available for investment in new and improved infrastructure across Haringey.