Issue - meetings

The report is to note that the Licencing and Planning Policy Committee approved an updated CIL spending protocol on the 11 March 2025 to supersede the version adopted in January 2024. The Spending Protocol provides the framework for how the council allocates Community Infrastructure Levy funding that has been received from eligible developments in the borough to contribute towards the delivery of infrastructure.

One of the core changes to the spending protocol is that the CIL MWG working group will now report to the Strategy and Resources Committee as opposed to Licencing and Planning Policy Committee and that spending decisions will be approved by Strategy and Resources Committee.

The Committee received a report informing it that the Licencing and Planning Policy Committee (LPPC) approved an updated Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) spending protocol on the 11 March 2025 to supersede the version adopted in January 2024. The report identified that one of the core changes to the spending protocol was that the CIL Member Working Group (MWG) will now report to the Strategy and Resources Committee as opposed to Licencing and Planning Policy Committee and that spending decisions will be approved by Strategy and Resources Committee.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved with 6 votes for and 2 votes against to:

(1)       Note that

               i.         the Licencing and Planning Policy Committee (LPPC) approved a revised CIL spending Protocol on the 11 March 2025, and

             ii.         an Urgent Decision by Full Council approved changes to this Committee’s Terms of Reference relevant to decision-making on CIL; CIL MWG and spending decisions to be taken in future by this committee

(2)       Approve the revised terms of reference for the CIL Member Working Group (detailed in Appendix 1 to the report) as recommended by the LPPC on the 11 March 2025 

The Committee received a report informing it that the Licencing and Planning Policy Committee (LPPC) approved an updated Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) spending protocol on 11 March 2025 to supersede the version adopted in January 2024. The report identified that one of the core changes to the spending protocol was that the CIL Member Working Group (MWG) will now report to the Strategy and Resources Committee as opposed to Licencing and Planning Policy Committee and that spending decisions will be approved by Strategy and Resources Committee.

The following matters were considered:

a)             Membership of CIL Member Working Group. The Chair informed the Committee that changes to the membership of the CIL Member Working Group as a result the recent changes to political group membership of the Council were not considered in the report on the agenda, due to the publication deadlines for the agenda. The Chair informed the Committee that it was proposed that officers would amend the membership of the CIL Member Working Group following the meeting via the urgent decision procedure to reflect the updated council proportionality calculation. The Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer informed the Committee that this amendment would relate to the number of seats set out in section 7, subsection 2 of Appendix 1 to the report.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved with 6 votes for and 2 votes against to:

(1)       Note that

               i.         the Licencing and Planning Policy Committee (LPPC) approved a revised CIL spending Protocol on the 11 March 2025, and

             ii.         an Urgent Decision by Full Council approved changes to this Committee’s Terms of Reference relevant to decision-making on CIL; CIL MWG and spending decisions to be taken in future by this committee

(2)       Approve the revised terms of reference for the CIL Member Working Group (detailed in Appendix 1 to the report) as recommended by the LPPC on the 11 March 2025