Decision details

To consider and approve arrangements for the governance of CIL and the spending of receipts.

1)     That Cabinet approves the information provided on CIL Income and Expenditure at Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report and agrees to its publication as required under Regulation 62 of the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended)

Resolved to Recommend:

2)     the Terms of Reference to the Infrastructure Advisory Group as set out in Appendix 3 of the Cabinet report, including that authority is delegated to the Chairman of the Infrastructure Advisory Group to approve spending of CIL receipts of up to £50,000 on projects not identified in the Infrastructure Business Plan.

3)     the allocations of CIL funds to those Infrastructure themes set out in Section 3 of the Cabinet report

4)     that funding is allocated to these themes for use in 2018/19 and 2019/20

5)     that submissions for CIL funds are encouraged from April 2017 using the CIL submission forms at Appendix 4.

6)     entry into the Memorandum of Understanding with Hertfordshire County Council as set out in Appendix 5 of the report to Cabinet

7)     that authority is delegated to the Assistant Director (Planning, Development and Regeneration) to:

(a)   finalise the wording of the CIL submission bid form and associated guidance notes; and

(b)   finalise guidance notes for Town and Parish Councils and Ward Councillors.