2022/23 Infrastructure Funding Statement

 

 

 

 

Infrastructure Funding Statement 2022/23

 

1. Introduction

1.1 Key Headlines of the statement

• The key figures are summarised here:

Type of Contribution	Income or expenditure	2022/23 £m
Section 106	Income	1.867
Section 106	Expenditure	0.315
CIL	Income	2.327
CIL	Expenditure*	0.500
*Borough CIL only, excludes Neighbourhood CIL

 

1.2. About this statement

• This report provides a summary of the financial contributions that Redbridge Council has secured through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 agreements (S106). The Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) sets out the income and expenditure relating to the CIL and S106 agreements for the 2022/23 financial year.
• Local Authorities that receive planning contributions through CIL or Section 106 are required under amendments to the regulations (The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 No.1103; which came into force 1 September 2019) to produce an Infrastructure Funding Statement annually, that sets out details about planning obligation receipts and anticipated expenditure, alongside a statement of its spending priorities.
• This is to provide clarity and transparency to local communities and developers on the infrastructure and expenditure and in aligning this to planned development, as envisaged in the Local Plan.
• CIL and S106 together are known as planning obligations or developer contributions. These are levies or chares applied to development projects across the borough to help fund a portion of the infrastructure required to deliver these places. The income is used to help fund the provision of supporting infrastructure in association with development and maximise the benefits and opportunities from growth such as employment and affordable homes.
• The information included in the report will be updated annually and published on the Council’s website. This will ensure the most up to date information on the amount of developer contributions received from new developments in addition to information on where these monies have been spent is readily available to members of the public and other interested parties.

1.3. Community infrastructure levy and section 106 agreements

• CIL is a tariff-based charged on the development of net new floorspace per square metre in the borough. The tariff is set by borough in its community infrastructure levy charging schedule and is indexed each year to grow with inflation.
• Section 106 agreements are utilised to mitigate the impacts of developments and ensure that Redbridge’s planning policy requirements, notably although not limited to affordable housing are met. Under S106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 a Local Planning Authority (LPA) can seek contributions, both physical and financial to offset a negative externality or impact that a development will have on the community and cannot be dealt with through conditions in the planning permission.

2. Community Infrastructure Levy

2.1. Types of CIL

• There are two main types of CIL in Redbridge.
• Redbridge CIL: A standard charge which applies to most new buildings and extensions across the borough. Exceptions to CIL charges include social housing, charitable institutions and self-build.
• Mayoral CIL: A standard charge which applies to most new development across Greater London is used to help fund Crossrail.
• Within Redbridge, of the total CIL amount collected, 5% is retained for administrative purposes. Of the remaining 95% an additional 15% is retained for the neighbourhood proportion of CIL (which is used to fund local projects for which residents and organisations can submit ideas and suggestions). As such 80% of the total CIL collected is retained by the Council to fund infrastructure.

2.2 Redbridge CIL Income

• The amount of CIL payable is based on a single set figure as per the Redbridge Charging Schedule. The Redbridge Charging Schedule and details behind the adjustments for indexing can be found at the following link. https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policy/community-infrastructure-levy/
• The table below provides a breakdown of the Redbridge CIL, Mayoral CIL and NCIL collected and funded over the last three financial years. Please note that the figures are rounded.

	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m	2022/23 £m
Total CIL Received	2.083	2.985	2.327
Redbridge CIL Received (before deduction)	1.330	1.988	1.482
MCIL collected on behalf of GLA	0.753	0.997	0.845
NCIL funding	0.200	0.299	0.222
Sub-region : North	0.011	0.167	0.048
Sub-region : South	0.170	0.074	0.054
Sub-region : West	0.012	0.033	0.024
Sub-region : East	0.007	0.024	0.096
Redbridge CIL (after deducting 15% NCIL and 5% Administrative Cost)	1.064	1.591	1.186

2.3. Redbridge CIL Expenditure

• The table below provides a breakdown of the projects funded by CIL (excluding NCIL) over the last three financial years. Please note that the figures are rounded.

Project	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m	2022/23 £m
Ilford Station Southern Entrance		0.505
Borough Flood Alleviation	0.124	0.160
Replacement Tree Planting	0.164	0.214
Alley Gating Scheme		0.007
Electric Vehicle Scheme	0.012
Planning System	0.050
Highways	0.100	0.100
Low Emission Neighbourhoods		0.098
Street Scene-Furniture & Cleansing	0.250	0.250
Parks	0.100	0.150
Public Realm	1.496
Maintenance			0.500
Wanstead High School		0.600
Wanstead Swimming Pool		0.100
Consultancy Support		0.035
Total	2.296	2.219	0.500

 

• CIL is used to help fund key capital expenditure projects. Some of the items funded by CIL are listed below: Update list of projects

Ilford Station southern entrance

• The new southern entrance to Ilford Station supports new and proposed housing development, including the recently opened Picture House Ilford (on the Britannia Music Site), and the proposed developments on the Ilford Western Gateway and Ilford Sainsburys Sites.
• The new entrance saves time for passengers alighting buses on Ilford Hill for the station as they will not have to walk around to the front entrance on Cranbrook Road, and will support the introduction of a two-way bus only route on Ilford Hill as part of the Ilford Western Gateway. The entrance also provides further capacity to support the continued increase in passenger numbers since the Elizabeth Line fully opened.

Wanstead Swimming Pool

• A new 25 metre swimming pool and dance studio are under construction, and will complement the existing gym, badminton and squash courts at Wanstead Leisure Centre.

2.4. CIL Allocations

• A total of £0.5 million was allocated in 2022/23 for expenditure on street scene and maintenance in 2023/24.

2.5. NCIL Expenditure

• 15% of the Redbridge CIL received goes into a specific NCIL fund which is for local community infrastructure projects. Of the £1.482m Redbridge CIL received in 2022/23, £0.222m was allocated to NCIL to help fund local community projects.
• A total of £51,328 of Neighbourhood CIL was spent in 2022/23, detailed below. Additional crowdfunding increased the overall amount raised to £61,271.

 

Project	Amount pledged by the Council	Amount raised after Crowdfunding (micro-projects not crowdfunded)	Region	Date
Spring 2022 Funding Round
Loxford Park Jubilee Garden Party	£2,292	£2,292	South	04/06/22
Energy Cafes in Ilford	£495	£495	South	28/06/22
Autumn 2022 Funding Round
Redbridge Pedal Power Edutainment	£4,968	£9,857	West	02/11/22
Community Garden for Ray Park	£3,102	£6,128	West	02/11/22
Table Tennis Table Elmhurst Gardens	£2,076	£4,104	West	02/11/22
Maintenance of Celebration Tree at Woodford Broadway (micro-project)	£500	£500	West	31/03/23
Hainault Bloom (micro-project)	£395	£395	North	31/03/23
‘Sing Away the Winter Blues’ Wellbeing Workshop	£500	£500	West	31/03/23
Other Projects
Trees for Cities - West	£12,500	£12,500	West
Trees for Cities - North	£12,500	£12,500	North
Chadwell Heath – Elizabeth Line Clocks	£12,000	£12,000	East
TOTALS	£51,328	£61,271

 

 

• Neighbourhood CIL is administered at a regional level within the borough, with income from development within North, East, South, and West regions retained for expenditure within those areas.
• Spacehive is a crowdfunding platform for local community projects that works in partnership with the Council, with over 4400 projects nationwide at the time of writing. Their fee covers the cost of administering the platform, hosting the web pages, workshops and support for applicants; and they enhance projects through fundraising, community engagement and volunteer hours.
• The Council is reviewing its Neighbourhood CIL processes, with a view to ensuring that the process delivers for communities and is value-for-money.

Expenditure by Region 2022/23	2022/23 £
North	12,895
East	12,000
South	2,787
West	23,646
Total	51,328

• Below are the highlights of the featured projects:

Trees for Cities:

• Redbridge Council continued its partnership with Trees for Cities (TfC) over the 2022-2023 planting season. Trees for Cities worked together with the Council to deliver three planting projects over the third year of their 2020-23 Strategic Partnership. The creation of a new urban woodland at Redbridge Recreation Ground saw the planting of 30 heavy standard trees and 3440 whips. Additionally, in Goodmayes Park TfC planted a further 31 heavy standards and, at Roding Valley Park, TfC planted 5420 whips. This culminated in a total of 8921 trees planted in Redbridge throughout the 2022/23 season.
• Outside of the planting season TfC continue to conduct maintenance on trees planted in previous years throughout the borough at sites such as; Ray Park, Loxford Park, Roding Valley Park, Seven Kings Park and Ashton’s Playing Fields.
• Over the 2022/23 reporting period, TfC engaged a total of 447 community members and volunteers. 220 of these volunteers attended events at Redbridge Recreation Ground, 135 volunteers attended events at Goodmayes Park and 92 volunteers attended events at Roding Valley Park. This number includes community groups, corporate volunteers, 1 school planting workshop (Goodmayes Park) and 6 Community Payback planting days (Redbridge Recreation Ground).'

Elizabeth Line Clocks

• Chadwell Heath South Resident’s Association have commissioned a new clock to be installed at Platform 3 of Chadwell Heath Station to commemorate the completion of the Elizabeth Line.
• The clock will be a contemporary replica of 1940s examples from the Magneta Time Company that may be found on the Central Line platforms at Gants Hill, Bethnal Green, Redbridge, and Wanstead; and will be produced by TfL and H S Walsh & Sons.

 

Projects	Region	NCIL contribution towards target	Crowdfunded target	Notes
Loxford Park Jubilee Garden Party	South	£2,292	£2,292
This project funded a local event to celebrate the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including a mural, PA system, food, local artists and performers, and a floral display.
Energy Cafes in Ilford	South	£495	£495
NCIL funding supported the fortnightly Energy Cafes run by volunteers from Transition Town Ilford. These offer an informal friendly way to give energy saving advice to people struggling with fuel bills.
Redbridge Pedal Power Edutainment	West	£4,968	£9,857
This project was established to empower a group of young Redbridge adults on how to build modular mobile pedal-powered generators that can be set up in various configurations depending on the pedagogical and power consumption needs; with a focus on the climate crisis as well as further education pathways relating to electronics.
Community Garden for Ray Park	West	£3,102	£6,128
This project restored part of an octagonal 18th century walled garden in Ray Park, to establish a community garden to act as a nursery for perennial flowers that would then be installed in planters locally, as well as a medicinal garden, installation of a standpipe and irrigation hoses, and the erection and installation of a timber gazebo
Table Tennis Table Elmhurst Gardens	West	£2,076	£4,104
This project was to fund the purchase and installation of a permanent table tennis table to be put in Elmhurst Gardens. The table tennis table is wheelchair accessible and installed on a concrete pad.
Maintenance of Celebration Tree at Woodford Broadway (micro-project)	West	£500	£500
A celebration tree was planted in collaboration with Woodford Green Amenity Group. This project was to fund maintenance of the LED lighting that is illuminated for major festivals and events.
Hainault Bloom (micro-project)	North	£395	£395
The project established and maintained planters in and around Hainault Station to provide a colourful and nature-friendly display of flowers all year round and in the process create a nicer environment for people passing and using the station. Volunteers from GoodGym, along with station staff, help to water, re-plant, weed and remove litter regularly.
‘Sing Away the Winter Blues’ Wellbeing Workshop	West	£500	£500
Natural Voices hosted a one day singing workshop at Prospect Hall, Woodford Green with a focus on using singing to improve participant’s mental health.
Trees for Cities - West	West	£12,500	£12,500
At Roding Valley Park, TfC planted 5420 whips.
Trees for Cities - North	North	£12,500	£12,500
The creation of a new urban woodland at Redbridge Recreation Ground saw the planting of 30 heavy standard trees and 3440 whips.
Chadwell Heath – Elizabeth Line Clocks	East	£12,000	£12,000
This project commissioned a new clock to be installed at Platform 3 of Chadwell Heath Station to commemorate the completion of the Elizabeth Line.

3. Section 106 agreements

3.1 S106 Contributions received

• The table below provides a breakdown of the S106 contributions received over the last three financial years. Please note that the figures are rounded.

Infrastructure Type	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m	2022/23 £m
Affordable Housing	1.091
Apprenticeship Support	0.002	0.009	0.006
Community Infrastructure	-		0.004
Education			0.866
Employment	0.033	0.090	0.182
Epping Forest SAC (collected under S106 agreements only)	0.014	0.007	See Below
Epping Forest SAC – SAMMs (Strategic Access Management and Monitoring)			0.063
Epping Forest SAC – SANGs (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace)			0.026
Highways	0.127	0.008	0.018
Open Space		0.001
Refuse Vehicle		0.003	0.177
S106 Monitoring	0.009	0.071
Travel Plan Monitoring		0.007	0.040
Valentine Park	0.082
Carbon Offset			0.363
Playspace			0.123
Total	1.358	0.218	1.867

 

• Note: CCTV, Education, Health, and Public Art received £0 in the last three financial years, hence they are not shown in the tables above.

3.2 S106 contributions entered into

• In the 2022/23 monitoring year, the Council entered into Section 106 agreements containing the following contributions:

Obligation entered into	Unit of measurement	Quantity
Financial Obligations	£ Pounds	4,926,000
Affordable housing units	Homes	820
Of which:
Social Rent	Homes	23
London Living Rent	Homes	271
London Living Rent	Homes	22
Shared Ownership	Homes	364
Discount Market Sale	Homes	160
Educational facilities	Pupil places	0

• Delivery of the above contributions is dependent on the implementation of the associated planning permissions. However, a significant quantity of affordable housing has been secured within development approved in 2022/23.

3.3 Section 106 spending

• The table below provides a breakdown of the S106 contributions spent over the last three financial years. Please note that the figures are rounded.

Infrastructure Type	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m	2022/23 £m
Affordable Housing	5.419		0.076
Apprenticeship Support
Community Infrastructure			0.050
Education			0.045
Employment		0.089	0.035
Epping Forest SAC (collected under S106 agreements only)		0.019
Habitats Monitoring			0.001
Highways
Public Art
S106 Monitoring	0.002	0.067	0.185
Travel Plan Monitoring		0.002
Valentine Park
Total	5.421	0.178	0.315

3.4. Section 106 allocations

• A total of £2.7 million of Section 106 expenditure on Affordable Housing was allocated in 2022/23 for spending in future years.

4. Infrastructure List

• The list below sets out the infrastructure projects, or types of infrastructure, that the Council intends to fund wholly or in part by the Levy.
  • Green infrastructure, public realm and play space
  • Transport improvements
  • Leisure
  • Education
  • Health care
  • Library
  • Community care facilities
  • Community facilities
  • Public art