
CIL Collection & Spending
Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
Some of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) we receive will be passed onto the parish or town council where the development is taking place.
The amount will be 15% or 25%, depending on whether the community has a Neighbourhood Plan (NP).
The parish or town council will decide how to spend this money. Parish or town councils that have received CIL will publish Annual Financial Reports on their own websites.
Draft Parish Infrastructure Investment Plan (PIIP)
Administrative Costs
Up to 5% of CIL will be spent on the administration of CIL. This could be salaries of the people responsible for processing and managing CIL. It may also be the cost of software systems used to record, monitor and report on CIL.
The District and Parish councils will publish accounts of CIL income and expenditure as well as details of projects that have been funded.
District CIL - Community and Infrastructure Projects
Neighbourhood CIL is paid to parish or town councils twice a year – by the 28th April and the 28th October.
The remaining CIL income is kept by the District Councils. It can be used to spend on infrastructure that is needed by new housing developments or other growth. These infrastructure projects may also be set out in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan for both Councils.
New CIL regulations came into force on 1 September 2019. One change has been the removal of the CIL 123 Lists, which the Joint Babergh and Mid Suffolk CIL Expenditure Framework was originally based on.
When the outcome of this change was considered in March 2019, both Councils published alternative documents to the CIL 123 Lists. These alternative documents are known as the CIL Positions Statement for each District.
The documents are identical and allow the CIL bid determination process to continue. They are also clear on what will be funded by CIL.
Following a second review of the Framework, these documents were adopted in April 2020. This was so that the changes were in place before Bid Round 5 opened in May 2020.
According to the amended CIL regulations of 2019, both Councils need to publish an annual Infrastructure Funding Statement about Section 106 (S106) income and expenditure, CIL income and expenditure and Neighbourhood CIL allocation to Parishes and spending by Parishes. Part of the Infrastructure Funding Statement requires an “Infrastructure List” to be produced for both Council setting out those infrastructure projects that it is currently funding or will be funding in the future.
The first Infrastructure Funding Statements for both Councils (which are different) were agreed by each Council on the 9th November and were published on the Council’s web site on the 12th December 2020. Both Council’s CIL Position Statement became obsolete and have been removed from the web site.
Babergh Infrastructure Funding Statement
BDC Infrastructure Funding Statement 19-20
Appendix B - BDC Infrastructure Funding Statement - Infrastructure List
Mid Suffolk Infrastructure Funding Statement
MSDC Infrastructure Funding Statement 19-20
Appendix B - MSDC Infrastructure Funding Statement - Infrastructure List
The following guidance note provides clarity around the changes, especially about the interaction between Section 106 (s106) Obligations and CIL.
CIL will be spent by the Councils on infrastructure projects anywhere within or outside the districts, to support development within the districts.
The CIL Expenditure Framework was approved by Babergh District Council on 24 April 2018 and by Mid Suffolk District Council on 26 April 2018.
It was reviewed and approved by Full Council on 18 and 19 March 2019.
The CIL Expenditure Framework and the CIL Expenditure Communications Strategy went through a second review in early 2020. On 20 April 2020, amendments to earlier versions were agreed and adopted by the Councils.
These documents are supported by the CIL Expenditure Calendar 2020.
CIL Expenditure Framework Communications Strategy
CIL Bid Information
For all CIL bid enquiries please submit the CIL Funding Enquiry Form to the Infrastructure Team.
Valid CIL Fund Bids Received
In accordance with the CIL Expenditure Framework, the lists below contain the current valid bids for Bid Rounds 1 and 2.
Work continues on the invalid bids during the Bid Process - except for bids that relate to infrastructure not on the CIL Position Statements.
BDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 1 August 2018
BDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 2 October 2018
BDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 3 May 2019
BDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 4 October 2019
BDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 5 May 2020
BDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 6 October 2020
MSDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 1 May 2018
MSDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 2 October 2018
MSDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 3 May 2019
MSDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 4 October 2019
MSDC Valid Bids - Bid Round 5 April 2020
MSDC Valid Bids - Round 6 October 2020
CIL Funding
The approved bids for Bid Rounds in the same financial year, are included in the same yearly CIL Business Case. This is updated on a half yearly basis. This is all in accordance with the CIL Expenditure Framework.
BDC CIL Business Plan - September 2018
BDC Technical Assessment of Bids
BDC CIL Business Plan - March 2019
BDC Technical Assessment of Bids
BDC CIL Business Plan - September 2019
BDC Technical Assessment of Bids
MSDC CIL Business Plan - September 2018
MSDC Technical Assessment of Bids
MSDC CIL Business Plan - March 2019
MSDC Technical Assessment of Bids
MSDC CIL Business Plan - August 2019
MSDC Technical Assessment of Bids
If you have any questions please contact us by telephone on 01449 724563 or email the Infrastructure Team