Issue - meetings

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.

Decision

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.

Reason for Decision

The report sets out proposals for the governance of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and seeks Council approval for them.

Implications

Financial

The cost of developing and implementing the Council’s CIL Policies and Procedures was borne by the Local Development Framework (LDF) budget. We are now in the process of collecting CIL and have set aside 5% of CIL receipts to cover the costs above and on-going administration (including Software costs and subscriptions) The costs are expected to be cost-neutral in the long term. Further information is set out in Appendix 1.

The Council is responsible for collecting and allocating significant sums of money to the delivery of infrastructure and needs an appropriate framework for the consideration of such matters.

Value for money

The Council will be responsible for allocating CIL money for spend, and thus will have a responsibility to ensure the efficient use of funds. Requests for CIL funding will be expected to demonstrate that the infrastructure project offers value for money with such matters being considered through the submission of projects.

Staff

The Council now employs two full time officers to deal with the daily administration and management of CIL and S106. These officers will be responsible for the initial consideration of CIL project submissions, the evolution of the CIL Charging Schedule, supporting policies and strategies together with the wider infrastructure planning function of the Council. Other Council staff will be involved in individual projects relating to the spending of CIL funds as the need arises. Where possible such matters have been incorporated into existing work practices (for example; Resident Services are working closely with Ward Councillors and Neighbourhood Action Groups over the allocation of Neighbourhood CIL)   

Land

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