Issue - meetings

A report is attached on ‘Community Infrastructure Levy’. There will be a presentation on this item at the meeting.

Simon de Beer, Group Manager Policy and Environment, gave a presentation to the Panel which covered the following:

·  CIL recap

·  CIL must be spent on …

·  Charging schedule

·  BANES Regulation 123 List

·  CIL forecasts to 2021 (£)

·  Total CIL forecasts by area

·  Plans and CIL

·  Indicative Local Apportionment

·  Local component

·  Spend arrangements

·  Timetable for agreeing spend

Panel members made the following points and asked the following questions:

Councillor Furse asked how the system will work in Bath (no parishes). The officer explained that the Bath Forum will be discussing how they will manage the arrangements. Councillor Furse stated that his worry was that things would slip off the list.

Councillor O Brien asked what arrangements are in place for the end of a period of office and at what stage the money is committed. The officer explained that it is suggested that there is a regularly reviewed programme.

Responding to a question from Councillor Barrett, the officer explained that the amount of CIL charged to developers in each area is a quantum of the development in that area.

Responding to a question from Councillor Becker, the officer explained that the old system of negotiation was seen as cumbersome, whereas in the new system the money is paid by developers as a tax which should work quicker.