Agenda item

The Executive RESOLVED that

(i)           the revised approach to bidding for Community Infrastructure Levy funding to establish a Local Community Improvement Fund, as set out in Appendix 1 to the agenda report, for the non-parished areas be agreed;

(ii)          the revised approach to distribution of funding through pooling of the funds for the non-parished wards to create the Local Community Improvement Fund for those areas be agreed; and

(iii)         the revised Regulation 123 List as set out in Annex 2 to the agenda report be agreed.

The Executive considered a report proposing to revise the process for bidding for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding for local projects and allocation of that funding in the non-parished wards. The report also set out proposals to amend the Regulation 123 list to identify a new list of Strategic Infrastructure Funding priorities.

Members were reminded that CIL income received from each development was proportioned as follows:

·                5% - Administration

·                15% -to local neighbourhood ward or Parish (25% where a Neighbourhood Plan was adopted)

·                Funding for SANG (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace), the amount is dependent on area and scheme type.

·                The balance of income was allocated to the Surrey Heath BC CIL Main Fund for spending on the strategic priorities, as set out in the Council’s Regulation 123 List

It was proposed that funds for non-parished wards be pooled into a single fund for those areas. Priority would be given to funding projects in those non-parished wards experiencing development, with any unspent funding then opened up to the other non-parished wards and to schemes where this Council was only a part funder.  It was also suggested that this fund should be opened up to bidding from Community Groups for capital projects as a Local Community Improvement Fund.

The Executive also noted proposals to update the Regulation 123 list as follows:

a)     removing waste and recycling, as no projects had been identified;

b)     removing flooding, as this work was currently being funded by other grant funding from the Environment Agency or through the SANGs provision;

c)      amending reference to transport to local sustainable transport e.g. electric vehicles; and

d)     adding climate change and digital infrastructure projects to the list.

RESOLVED that

(i)        the revised approach to bidding for Community Infrastructure Levy funding to establish a Local Community Improvement Fund, as set out in Appendix 1 to the agenda report, for the non-parished areas be agreed;

(ii)      the revised approach to distribution of funding through pooling of the funds for the non-parished wards to create the Local Community Improvement Fund for those areas be agreed; and

(iii)     the revised Regulation 123 List as set out in Annex 2 to the agenda report be agreed.