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Answering them wil help us learn more about the Infrastructure funding statements consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

  • What is the 'Infrastructure funding statements' consideration?

    An infrastructure funding statement is a document that must be published each year by a “contribution receiving authority”. A contribution receiving authority is any authority which issues a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) liability notice or receives money or in-kind works from a Section 106 agreement. This means almost all local planning authorities need to produce one, including county councils. Counties that enter into a section 106 agreement as a signatory must report the agreement in an IFS. It is also good practice for counties to account in the IFS for funds passed to them by districts. Where parishes receive a proportion of CIL they need to produce a report for each financial year in which they receive CIL receipts too.

    An IFS must include: 1. The infrastructure projects or types the authority intends will be, or may be, funded at least in part by CIL 2. A CIL report 3. A planning obligations (Section 106) report

  • Is there legislation that defines 'Infrastructure funding statements'?

    Yes

    • What is the legislation that defines 'Infrastructure funding statements'?

      CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended).

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that describes how a 'Infrastructure funding statements' gets designated?

      Regulation 121A - "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no later than 31st December in each calendar year a contribution receiving authority must publish a document (“the annual infrastructure funding statement”) which comprises the following—

      (a)a statement of the infrastructure projects or types of infrastructure which the charging authority intends will be, or may be, wholly or partly funded by CIL (other than CIL to which regulation 59E or 59F applies) (“the infrastructure list”);

      (b)a report about CIL, in relation to the previous financial year (“the reported year”), which includes the matters specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (“CIL report”);

      (c)a report about planning obligations, in relation to the reported year, which includes the matters specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 and may include the matters specified in paragraph 4 of that Schedule (“section 106 report”)."

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that requires the publication of 'Infrastructure funding statements'?

      Regulation 121A, paragraph (3) - "A contribution receiving authority must publish each annual infrastructure funding statement on its website."

  • Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Infrastructure funding statements'?

  • Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

    • Local authorities

  • Is the Infrastructure funding statements a trigger?

    No

  • Is the Infrastructure funding statements something to consult during plan making?

    Yes

    • Provide information about when Infrastructure funding statements is used during plan making

      An IFS is useful as it demonstrates the funding which has been collected, allocated and spent. This can inform plan making through identifying the infrastructure schemes which have committed funding, and can be planned for. Many local authorities prepare Infrastructure Delivery Plans (IDPs), which set out the infrastructure that is required to support planned growth throughout the plan-period, as well as how this will be funded. This will inform the IFS.

  • Is there any Infrastructure funding statements data already available?

    Yes

  • Do we think the data should come from a single source?

    No - an IFS is something that is completed annually by local authorities individually and so each document will be separate and need to be collated.

  • Will a data standard be required?

    Yes