COUNCIL MEETING
14 AUGUST 2025
REVIEW OF CIL POLICY

1. The Council’s CIL Policy was last approved in June 2023 and is due for
review. A working group comprising the Chair of the Strategy, Policy and
Finance Committee, the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Council and the Clerk
gave consideration to the approved policy and suggested a variety of updates
and amendments to the SPF Committee which met on 24 July 2025.

2. At that meeting, Councillor Price considered that the revised policy should
make it clear that the criteria for an award should be wider than that used by
Babergh DC, so as to include works of improvement to existing infrastructure,
such as the rendering of Constable Hall which was in need of refurbishment.

3. Councillor Miller advised that a Government list of appropriate infrastructure
projects was wider than the Babergh list and it was agreed that this should be
set out in the section on criteria for evaluating CIL bids.

4. Subject to that amendment, it was agreed that the draft policy be submitted to
Council with a recommendation for approval.

5. An extract from the Government CIL Guidance setting out the purposes for
which CIL may be used, together with a link to the guidance have been added
to the section of the policy entitled ‘Criteria for evaluating CIL bids’.

6. The approved policy with updates and amendments shown in track changes
is attached to this report and it is RECOMMENDED that the amended policy
be approved and adopted.

Graham White
Parish Clerk
6 August 2025