The Lead Member for Planning introduced the report about the governance arrangements for spending the monies collected through the Community Infrastructure Levey and how this should be prioritised against the infrastructure requirement identified in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan.

Cabinet were informed that 15% of CIL money would be passed to the appropriate parish or town council and if they had an adopted neighbourhood plan then this would increase to 25%.

The Lead Member for Planning explained that the report sought approval for the governance arrangements for determining the priorities for spending CIL money.  It was recommending a joint working group of officers and Members who would report to Cabinet.  Ward councillors, infrastructure providers and utility companies would be consulted.  The Regulation 123 list would help prioritise spending.

The Chairman welcomed the report as it was good governance and would be beneficial for our local communities.

The Principal Member for Ascot Regeneration mentioned that there would be significant amounts of funds being made available from developments to local communities and asked that if a parish or town council matched funded schemes would these be prioritised.   Cabinet were informed that the criteria did allow joint funding for CIL expenditure and that funds would be made available to parish councils twice per year.

Resolved unanimously: that Cabinetnotes the report and approves:

(i)     The terms of reference for the Infrastructure Working Group, see Appendix A.

(ii)    The appointment of five borough councillors to the Member/Officer Infrastructure Working Group.

(iii)  That the Infrastructure Working Group will make recommendations to Cabinet in future about how monies collected by the Levy will be spent with due regard to the published Regulation 123 list.

(iv)  That a revised Regulation 123 List will be produced by 31 August 2018 for consultation as appropriate and then for review of the comments received to be reported to the Infrastructure Working Group to consider and make any amendments to the revised 123 List before publication.

(v)    That, prior to receiving payments in April and October each year, the Parish Councils (and relevant Ward Councillors) will each receive an itemised statement of those applications in their Parish for which CIL has been collected which identifies the application number, the site address, the amount collected in total and the neighbourhood portion due to be paid at the next payment date.

(vi)  That in communities that are non-parished, the ward councillors will receive a statement of the applications in that ward where CIL has been collected which identifies the application number, the site address, the amount collected in total and the neighbourhood portion.  From October 2018 the ward councillors and any designated Neighbourhood Forum will be consulted in writing on the spending priorities for that area.