Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Planning.

Decision

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1.         That the following specific arrangements be agreed:-

(a)       To spend CIL monies within the same geographical charging

area from which they were levied, pre and post 31/8/19.

(b)       The CIL infrastructure spending priorities pre 1/9/19, as laid out

in appendix C.

(c)        The mechanism for prioritisation and spend of CIL funded

infrastructure pre and post 31/8/19, as set out in the amended appendix A.

2.         That the Terms of Reference for Property Management Group

(PMG), be amended,  to enable it to scrutinise & prioritise infrastructure projects seeking funding from the Community Infrastructure Levy and provide recommendations to Capital Strategy and Asset Management Group (CSAMG) / the Executive Director of Place regarding which projects should receive such funding.

3.         That authority be delegated to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Portfolio Holder Planning, the approval of the prioritisation, of CIL spend on behalf of the Council as reported to CSAMG.

Reason for Decision:    

i)             To provide clarity, transparency and consistency in the allocation and spending of CIL receipts.

ii)            To set out the relationship between the Council as charging authority and key stakeholders and infrastructure providers (internal and external).

iii)          To ensure CIL receipts are spent on infrastructure required to support development, in accordance with the CIL Regulations 2010 specifically as amended in September 2019 (‘the CIL Regulations’).

iv)          To ensure CIL serves its purpose of supporting the delivery of the infrastructure necessary to support the development in Dorset.

The Portfolio Holder for Planning outlined a report on the need for the Council to establish a clear Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Governance Structure to oversee the convergence of legacy council’s CIL receipts and collection, auditing and spending of this and future CIL monies.

He continued that the report proposed the key governance arrangements for the delivery of infrastructure through CIL to ensure CIL serves its purpose of contributing to the delivery of the infrastructure necessary to support development in Dorset.

Members were advised that Place Scrutiny Committee had considered the report on 23 July 2020 and an extract of those minutes had been circulated to cabinet as a supplement to the agenda papers. The Portfolio Holder confirmed that in response to comments from the committee Appendix A and the scoring for the category ‘Wider community benefits and implications’, in respect of foreseeable risks or negative impacts had been amended.

The Chairman of the Place Scrutiny Committee welcomed the recommendation and highlighted that 10.5 and 10.6 of the report where it indicated the financial importance for Town and Parish Council to have neighbourhood plans.

Decision

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1.         That the following specific arrangements be agreed:-

(a)       To spend CIL monies within the same geographical charging

area from which they were levied, pre and post 31/8/19.

(b)       The CIL infrastructure spending priorities pre 1/9/19, as laid out

in appendix C.

(c)        The mechanism for prioritisation and spend of CIL funded

infrastructure pre and post 31/8/19, as set out in the amended appendix A.

2.         That the Terms of Reference for Property Management Group

(PMG), be amended,  to enable it to scrutinise & prioritise infrastructure projects seeking funding from the Community Infrastructure Levy and provide recommendations to Capital Strategy and Asset Management Group (CSAMG) / the Executive Director of Place regarding which projects should receive such funding.

3.         That authority be delegated to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Portfolio Holder Planning, the approval of the prioritisation, of CIL spend on behalf of the Council as reported to CSAMG.

Reason for Decision

i)             To provide clarity, transparency and consistency in the allocation and spending of CIL receipts.

ii)            To set out the relationship between the Council as charging authority and key stakeholders and infrastructure providers (internal and external).

iii)          To ensure CIL receipts are spent on infrastructure required to support development, in accordance with the CIL Regulations 2010 specifically as amended in September 2019 (‘the CIL Regulations’).

iv)          To ensure CIL serves its purpose of supporting the delivery of the infrastructure necessary to support the development in Dorset.