RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1. Noted the contents of the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Review report at Appendix 1.

2. Endorsed the approach to enhanced engagement with ward councillors in

order to identify and deliver specific Ward Allocation Scheme investments

before the 2022 local elections.

3. Endorsed that a wholescale review of the implementation of Neighbourhood CIL (to include the Ward Allocation Scheme and the Neighbourhood Fund) be carried out following the completion of the 3 years duration of the Ward Allocation Scheme in May 2022 and informed by the results of the Your Merton survey due in late 2021.

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and the Climate Emergency presented the report which detailed the findings of the review into the spending of neighbourhood community CIL funding carried out in Spring 2021.

The Cabinet Member gave an overview of some of the projects which had been undertaken with investment from neighbourhood CIL and recommended the recommendations be approved.

The Director of Environment and Regeneration re-iterated that the 2021 bidding round would open in July 2021.

It was RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1. Noted the contents of the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Review report at Appendix 1.

2. Endorsed the approach to enhanced engagement with ward councillors in

order to identify and deliver specific Ward Allocation Scheme investments

before the 2022 local elections.

3. Endorsed that a wholescale review of the implementation of Neighbourhood CIL (to include the Ward Allocation Scheme and the Neighbourhood Fund) be carried out following the completion of the 3 years duration of the Ward Allocation Scheme in May 2022 and informed by the results of the Your Merton survey due in late 2021.