Decision Maker: Mid Suffolk Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: March 10, 2026

Purpose: To approve MSDC CIL Expenditure Programme March 2026

Content: It was RESOLVED: -   1.1          That the CIL Expenditure Programme (March 2026) and accompanying Technical assessments of the following three CIL Bids approved under delegated powers  (forming Appendices A and B) for Cabinet to note as follows:-   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 M25-17 OLD NEWTON Church Road Play Area Project   Amount of CIL Bid £29,999.99 Total project cost –£53,002.65 (including VAT)   Total eligible project costs £49,324.04 (including VAT)   Other source(s) of funding:   Parish Council £3,002.66 (Total Parish Contribution towards project is £10,000.00 – see Note below)   National Lottery Community Fund £20,000.00   Note - Remaining Parish Council contribution will cover the ineligible project costs any increase in project costs and to cover any shortfalls   Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M25-17 for £29,999.99    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Old Newton) M25-16 NEEDHAM MARKET Scouts Hut Project additional bid to cover completion of the project Amount of CIL Bid £5,691.98 Total cost of the project remaining £25,073.94  (including VAT) Total eligible project costs £25,073.94 (including VAT) Other sources of funding  S106 grant remaining: £18,908.26 Scout Group Funds - £473.70     Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M25-16 for £5,691.98    from the Ringfenced Infrastructure Fund (Needham Market)   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 M25-01 WETHERDEN Play Area Upgrade Project       Amount of CIL Bid £20,462.42 Total cost of the project £30,462.42. (excluding VAT) Total eligible project costs £30,012.42 (excluding VAT)   Other sources of funding Wetherden Schools Trust £9,550.00   Ineligible Project costs totalling £450.00 will be covered by Wetherden Schools Trust grant funding The Parish Council have set aside £5,000 from their NCIL to cover any contingency costs should they arise.   Recommendation to Cabinet to note the delegated decision for approved CIL Bid M25-01 for £20,462.42   from the Local Infrastructure Fund   1.2          Cabinet is also asked to note and endorse 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) 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 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 ·       Eighth Review Agreed and planned for the Winter of 2025/26   Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None Any Dispensation Granted: None