Decision details
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY SPEND ALLOCATION
PDF 134 KBDecision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider and agree infrastructure projects found at paragraph 10.2 to be funded in whole or in part by an amount of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies received to date.
Decision:
The Cabinet has:
(a) noted the information on projects already in receipt of funding commitments and the updates on their delivery;
(b) noted the funding bids submitted for £50,000 or less and the approvals in line with delegated authority agreed at the Cabinet’s meeting on 22 October 2020 (Minute No 20/33 refers);
(c) discussed the funding for projects detailed in paragraph 10.2 of the report now submitted and determined the following:
|
Scheme |
Decision |
|
Special School (Alconbury Weald) (Cambridgeshire County Council) |
Approved in principle |
|
Buckden-Huntingdon Safe Cycling and Walking Route (Buckden Parish Council) |
Not approved |
|
The Valley land management programme (Buckden Village Hall Trust) |
Approved in principle |
|
Cricket pavilion, King George V playing field (Huntingdon Town Council) |
Not approved |
|
Swimming pool changing (phase 2) (One Leisure St Ives) |
Approved |
(d) delegated authority to the Corporate Director (Place) and Service Manager (Growth), in consultation with the Executive Leader and Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning, to make final agreements for contracts to be issued on projects allocated CIL monies in principle, subject to provision of necessary evidence, with the exception of the Special School at Alconbury Weald which, due to the scale of funding offered, will be reported back to Cabinet for its final sign off.
Reasons for the decision:
As outlined in the report, subject to the following:
§ Buckden-Huntingdon Safe Cycling and Walking Route (Buckden Parish Council) – whilst supportive of the principle of the scheme, not approved at this stage as Cabinet would like to see what contribution, if any, will be made by Cambridgeshire County Council towards the cost of this project.
§ Cricket Pavilion, King George V playing field (Huntingdon Town Council) – scheme not approved as it was agreed that CIL funding should be directed towards major infrastructure projects in the District.
Alternative options considered:
As outlined in the report.
Resource Implications:
As outlined in the report.
Report author: Clara Kerr
Publication date: 12/02/2021
Date of decision: 11/02/2021
Decided at meeting: 11/02/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 20/02/2021
This decision has been called in by:
- Councillor John Paul Morris who writes Cricket pavilion, King George V playing field (Huntingdon Town Council) Call in for reasons set out in the email to Cllr Corney from Huntingdon Town Clerk dated 15 Feb 2021 at 16.23 hrs Cllr John Morris"
- Habbiba Peacey who writes on behalf of Councillor Barry Chapman "I understand Cllr’s Morris and Wakeford have asked for two Executive Decisions on CIL allocation to be called in for further Scrutiny; one concerning the decision on the Buckden / Huntingdon Cycle route and the other on the Huntingdon Cricket Pavilion. I wish to confirm that I am happy to support both Call Ins." "
- Councillor Sam Wakeford who writes I am concerned to better understand the basis of the two refusals in (c) above, and how these relate to published criteria against which bidding parties were reasonably expecting to be assessed, and against which HDC officers did indeed properly assess them with endorsement of their judgement from the relevant scrutiny panel. UPDATE: In light of reassurances from council leadership in relation to the safe cycling and walking route I am pleased to withdraw that aspect of my call-in request, leaving it now to relate solely to the cricket pavilion bid."
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