Issue - meetings

The B&NES CIL Charging Schedule was adopted by the Council on 17th February 2015 and came into effect on 6th April 2015. Following the adoption, it is necessary to agree the process for allocating and releasing funds raised through CIL. The CIL Strategic Spend Protocol proposed in this report sets out the process, timetable and infrastructure prioritisation criteria.

Councillor Marie Longstaff introduced the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule and said that a charging authority must apply CIL to funding the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure to support the development of its area.  It would also allow the Council to pass money to bodies outside their area to deliver infrastructure that will benefit the development of the area.

Councillor Longstaff moved the recommendations.

Councillor Charles Gerrish seconded the proposal.

Councillor Gerrish said that this was an important report because the CIL would contribute to funding infrastructure needed to support the district’s growth aspirations and that an estimated £6.8m could be raised in the next five years and that a proportion of this levy would be passed on to local communities.

On a motion from Councillor Michael Evans, seconded by Councillor Vic Pritchard it was:

RESOLVED (unanimously) that:

1)  The B&NES Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Strategic Spend Protocol is approved;

2)  Responsibility is delegated to the Divisional Director for Development, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Homes and Planning, to make any minor amendments and to correct any errors to the documentation.