Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Corporate Director of Place and Community.

(Relevant Portfolio Holder: Councillor A Fennell)

The Portfolio Holder for Planning, Councillor Ann Fennell, introduced the report of the Corporate Director of Place & Community, which sought approval of a temporary suspension of part of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funding Programme 2023/24.

The Leader advised that the report had been considered by the Executive Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 6 September 2022, the minutes of which had been circulated prior to the meeting.

The Head of Planning & Regulatory Services addressed the meeting and sought agreement to the Infrastructure Funding Statement being circulated via a Members Update item, rather than being considered by Cabinet in November 2022.

In reaching the decision below the Cabinet considered the decision of the Executive Overview & Scrutiny Committee, the request from the Head of Planning and Regulatory Services, the report before it and the recommendations contained therein.

RESOLVED:   A.     That the temporary suspension of part of the CIL Funding Programme 2023/24 as set out in the report be approved as follows:

1.           That the relevant parts of the 2023/24 CIL Funding Programme detailed in this report will be suspended temporarily pending recommencement in Spring 2023 to cover two full financial years (2024/25 and 2025/26).

2.           That amendment to the Governance Framework (see Appendix 1) is approved to allow the recommendation at A. to take place. Thereafter the original Governance Framework Timetable will return to the original format.

B.     That the resource issues regarding CIL and the need for contingency planning in relation to staff, be noted.

C.     That the Infrastructure Funding Statement be circulated via the Members Update, prior to it being formally published.

To consider the report of the Corporate Director of Place and Community.

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director of Place and Community contained at pages 289 to 332 of the Book of Reports, regarding Community Infrastructure Levy Funding Programme 2023/24.

The Head of Planning and Regulatory Services provided Committee with an overview of the report which sought approval of a temporary suspension of part of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funding Programme 2023-2024.

RESOLVED:   That the content of the report be noted and the temporary suspension of part of the CIL 2023-2024 Funding Programme , be endorsed.