Agenda item

Cabinet/Board/Committee Recommendations

Meeting of Council, Wednesday, 27th February, 2019 5.00 pm (Item 65.)

To consider the following recommendation to Council arising from the meeting of the Cabinet held on 13 February 2019. The agenda and reports for this meeting can be viewed via the following link:

http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=128&MId=10812

RECOMMENDED to full Council that:

(1) The Council invest the available 123 List CIL funds as at 31 March 2018 in

the capital infrastructure projects outlined in Table A:

Title and bid reference number	Amount	Cumulative amount
Langstone FCERM Scheme (1)	£575,000	£575,000
Hayling FCERM Strategy (2)	£0*	£575,000
Hooks Row - Shared Pedestrian and Cycle Link (16)	£115,000	£690,000
Park Road Corridor Feasibility (3)	£10,000	£700,000
Elmleigh Road - Pedestrian and Cycle Improvement (4)	£269,000	£969,000
Waterlooville Town Centre London Road Shared Cycleway (5)	£16,000	£985,000
Milton Road Roundabout - Accessibility and Safety (6)	£100,000	£1,085,000
Hambledon Road - Provision of Cycle Route (7)	£60,000	£1,145,000
Warblington Interchange - Feasibility (13)	£12,000	£1,157,000

Table A: Current recommended spends and cumulative effect on 123 CIL Pot if all spending options are supported

* Funds are not required for this round of CIL Spending but a future commitment is needed to support the spending of CIL Funds in accordance with Table C outlined below. See also Paragraph 6.3

(2) To commit future 123 Pot funds to the following capital infrastructure

projects outlined in Tables B and C and that the balance of the CIL 123 Pot

be retained to contribute to this expenditure:

Langstone FCERM Scheme – CIL Pot Building Request 2018-2022

Year

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

Total

CIL funding ‘Pot Building’ – Inc. 60% Risk

575,000

700,000

2,550,000

CIL funding – No Risk

359,375

437,500

1,593,750

Table B: Spending commitment requirement for Langstone FCERM Strategy

Hayling Island FCERM Strategy – CIL Pot Building Request 2018-2022
Year	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	Total
CIL funding Pot Building request 30%Risk	0	170,700	262,218	100,082	533,000
CIL funding – No Risk	0	131,308	201,706	76,986	410,000

Table C: Spending Commitment for Hayling FCERM Scheme

(3) The Council invest the available Neighbourhood Portion funds as at 31

March 2018 outlined in Table D in the capital infrastructure projects:

Title and bid reference number	Amount Requested	Proposed Spend	Cumulative Amount
HIADS Ltd (Replacement Lobby) (D)	£45K	£22,500	£22,500
Age Concern Kitchen Renovation (F)	£27K	£22,962	£45,462
Bidbury Infants School Lighting Project (H)	£19K	£9,500	£54,962
Hayling Sports Centre Extension Feasibility (I)	£18K	£18,000	£72,962
Acorn Centre Extension (J)	£51K	£19,000	£91,962

Table D: Current recommended spends and cumulative effect on Neighbourhood Portion if all spending options are supported

(4) The CIL Protocol be updated to reflect current practice in view of lessons learned; and

(5) The Council enter a formal agreement with Network Rail to spend £150K on feasibility only in respect of the Warblington Footbridge CIL Spend as agreed by Council on the 21 February 2018.

Minutes:

Community Infrastructure Levy: Proposed Spending & Revision

of CIL Spending Protocol

Councillor Turner presented a recommendation arising from the Cabinet meeting held on 13 February 2019 regarding the spending of CIL funds.

The Council received a deputation from Canon Kennar, a copy of which is appended as Appendix 3 to these minutes.

The Cabinet recommendation included within the agenda for the meeting was proposed by Councillor Turner and seconded by Councillor Wilson.

Councillor Branson proposed an amendment that Recommendation 3 (Neighbourhood Portion Funds) include the sum of £21,500 for a church access project to make St Faith’s Church, Havant accessible to all.

This amendment was duly seconded by Councillor Guest.

In response to a question, Councillor Turner confirmed that sufficient Neighbourhood Portion Funds were available to fund the £21,500 requested for the St Faith’s Church access project.

Councillors had mixed opinions on the amendment, with members of the Cabinet explaining the reasons as to why the request by St Faiths Church had not been recommended to Council. It had been a balanced decision and whilst the Cabinet had every sympathy for improvements to the church, on balance had voted against the application because it did not accord with the agreed protocol for CIL spending.

Following a vote, Council AGREED the amendment, 21 Councillors voting for the amendment, 9 Councillors Voting against the amendment and 2 Councillors abstaining from voting.

In response to comments made by Councillors, Councillor Turner confirmed that she was happy for the CIL Protocol to be subject to scrutiny as part of the updates required referred to in recommendation 4.

Following the discussion it was RESOLVED that: