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The report of the Director – Development and Economic Growth is attached.

It was RESOLVED that the Proposed CIL Delivery Programme document (attached at Appendix B to the report) be approved as part of the previously agreed allocation and spend procedure, including the proposed rate of provisional allocation to future projects.

The Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing, Councillor Upton, presented the report of the Director – Development and Economic Growth which sought approval for the proposed Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Delivery Programme, attached at Appendix B of the report, and the proposed rate of provisional allocation to future projects.

Councillor Upton reminded Cabinet that CIL was a discretionary charge, agreed by Cabinet in 2019, which was attached to certain types of development to support the creation of new infrastructure.  He added that, of the potential £12.8m CIL receipts, £2m had been received so far and priorities for spending now needed to be agreed. The five-step methodology, agreed by Full Council in September 2021, was being followed, with step three – to agree the Delivery Programme, the subject of the Cabinet report which related to the ‘strategic’ aspects of the CIL Delivery Programme. In forming the Programme, the Working Group had engaged with key stakeholders, for example Nottinghamshire County Council regarding education and highways, and the Clinical Commissioning Group on health issues. Projects included were a mix of short and long-term and, in order to reduce risk of under collection of CIL, initially 65% of the estimated funding had been set aside for longer-term projects.  Councillor Upton informed Cabinet that both the funding priority list and the programme allocation would be subject to periodic review; an appeal process was in place.

In seconding the recommendation, Councillor Moore recognised that it had been a long process and said that he was pleased that the delivery phase had been reached.  The clear process established to assess CIL projects would help the Council to further enhance the lives of residents and to move forward and invest in communities quickly.  He informed Cabinet that, as the Pavilion Project in East Leake was included at the top of the Delivery Programme, the proposed loan agreed at the Cabinet meeting in May 2022 was no longer required as the CIL funding would enable completion of the project.

It was RESOLVED that the Proposed CIL Delivery Programme document (attached at Appendix B to the report) be approved as part of the previously agreed allocation and spend procedure, including the proposed rate of provisional allocation to future projects.