Issue - meetings

This report relates to the Council’s first Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS), which is required under the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations. It contains information on CIL monies, Section 106 and Section 278 agreements along with an ‘infrastructure list’ setting out the infrastructure projects or types which the Council intended to fund wholly or partly by the levy. It must be published on the Council’s website by 31 December 2020.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved to:

(1)      Note the content of the Infrastructure Funding Statement for publication by 31 December 2020.

The Committee received a report relating to the Council’s first Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS), which is required under the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations. It contained information on CIL monies, Section 106 and Section 278 agreements along with an ‘infrastructure list’ setting out the infrastructure projects or types which the Council intended to fund wholly or partly by the levy. The IFS was required to be published on the Council’s website by 31 December 2020.

The Committee received a verbal introduction from the Head of Planning.

The following matters were raised by the Committee:

a)            Outstanding balances: It was noted that of all the amounts invoiced for, outstanding debts only account for 1.1% of CIL monies. Officers noted that there are 2 outstanding invoices from 2016 totalling £18,000, and 2 recent invoices with an outstanding balance of £85,000 (due to effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic). It was noted that both of these items were being dealt with appropriately.

Following consideration, it was resolved unanimously that the Committee:

(1)      Noted the content of the Infrastructure Funding Statement for publication by 31 December 2020.