Agenda item

The Executive RESOLVED that

(i)              the CIL monies received be noted;

(ii)             Ward Councillors for the non-parished areas be asked to submit to the CIL Governance Panel ideas for spending CIL generated income within their wards; and

(iii)            the remaining CIL contributions held by the Council be retained for spending to support key priorities.

The Council had been collecting Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding since the Charging Schedule came into effect on 1 December 2014.  The CIL Regulations required the Council, as the collecting authority, to pay money over to the parishes, decide how to use the Fund and to publish details of its CIL income and expenditure.

The Council had received a total of £1, 926,672.71 for the reporting period 1April to 30 September 2018. The Executive was advised that monies due to parishes on 30September 2018 had been as follows:

·       Chobham -  £18,467.28

·       West End -  £93,351.26

·       Windlesham - £9,754.08

In March 2015, the Executive had agreed that a 15% proportion would also be made available to spend for non-parished areas according to local priorities.  The amount collected within these areas had been as follows:

·       Frimley -  £17,990.96

·       Town -  £37,122.38

·       Parkside -  £7,587,00

It was proposed that Ward Councillors for the non-parished areas be asked to submit suggestions and bids for projects.  Ward Councillors could also choose to save the money to roll forward to fund larger projects or combine across wards for jointly beneficial projects. Local projects would then be put forward to the Executive for funding in 2018/19 in combination with any project taken forward from any remaining Planning Infrastructure Contributions.

It was suggested by some Members that the procedure for submitting requests for CIL monies from non-parished areas should be reviewed to allow ward members within a specified distance from the development site to submit suggestions and bids for projects. It was agreed that clarification would be sought as to whether the current arrangements reflected legislative requirements.

RESOLVED that

(i)          the CIL monies received be noted;

(ii)        Ward Councillors for the non-parished areas be asked to submit to the CIL Governance Panel ideas for spending CIL generated income within their wards; and

(iii)      the remaining CIL contributions held by the Council be retained for spending to support key priorities.