Issue - meetings

On 11 December 2018, Council approved outline governance arrangements for the allocation of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts to enable the delivery of specific infrastructure projects that will support and mitigate impact of development in the Borough over the Local Plan period.

Recommendation

That subject to consideration of comments of Value for Money & Customer Service Overview & Scrutiny Committee, the Executive recommends to Council that:

1.         The CIL Advisory Board Terms of Reference as set out at Annexe 1 are endorsed.

2.         The draft evaluation and scoring framework for assessment of bids for funding from the Strategic CIL Fund as set out at Annexe 2, are agreed.

3.         The Strategic CIL Fund is ‘bottom-sliced’ to create a Community CIL Fund of 10% of the Strategic CIL Fund receipts, for funding low-value but desirable community infrastructure projects on application from parish councils, with priority being given to bids from parish councils with relatively low Neighbourhood CIL Fund receipts.

4.         The delegation to the Executive to approve bids for allocation of Strategic CIL Funding, on the recommendation of the CIL Advisory Board is subject to an upper limit of £2.5m, above which approval reverts to Council.

5.         Delegated authority is given to the CIL Advisory Board to make revisions to the governance arrangements, subject to an annual report to the Executive and Council.

84.1    Cllr Kevin Deanus reminded the Executive that in December 2018, Council had approved outline governance arrangements for the allocation of CIL receipts to enable the delivery of specific infrastructure projects that would support and mitigate the impact of development in the Borough, including the establishment of the CIL Advisory Board.

84.2    The CIL Advisory Board had held its first meeting and considered the criteria and scoring framework for evaluating bids for funding from the Strategic CIL fund, allocation of CIL receipts to a Communities CIL Fund, and the threshold for the delegation to the Executive on awards of CIL funds.

84.3    The proposals of the CIL Advisory Board had been considered by the Value for Money and Customer Service Overview & Scrutiny Committee which had been broadly supportive, although the Overview & Scrutiny Committee preferred that any changes to the governance arrangements be subject to the usual scrutiny review rather than delegated to the CIL Advisory Board.

84.4    Cllr Deanus proposed that recommendation 5 to the Executive be amended to incorporate the wording proposed by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee, as shown at the top of page 57 of the agenda pack. It was duly seconded and agreed to accept the amended recommendation. 

84.5    Having considered the comments of the Value for Money and Customer Service Overview & Scrutiny Committee, the Executive RESOLVED to RECOMMEND to Council that:

1.         The CIL Advisory Board Terms of Reference as set out at Annexe 1,  are approved.

2.         The draft evaluation and scoring framework for assessment of bids for funding from the Strategic CIL Fund as set out at Annexe 2, is agreed.

3.         The Strategic CIL Fund is ‘bottom-sliced’ to create a Community CIL Fund of 10% of the Strategic CIL Fund receipts, for funding low-value but desirable community infrastructure projects on application from parish councils, with priority being given to bids from parish councils with relatively low Neighbourhood CIL Fund receipts.

4.         The delegation to the Executive to approve bids for allocation of Strategic CIL Funding, on the recommendation of the CIL Advisory Board is subject to an upper limit of £2.5m, above which approval reverts to Council.

5.         Delegated authority is given to the CIL Advisory Board to propose revisions to the governance arrangements that would be subject to the usual scrutiny process and an annual report to the Executive and Council.

[Reason: to approve the governance arrangements for allocation of CIL receipts to specific projects to enable the delivery of infrastructure that will support and mitigate impact of development in the Borough over the Local Plan period.]