2021/22 Infrastructure Funding Statement

1. Introduction

 1.1 Key Headlines of the statement

• The key figures are summarised here:

Type of Contribution	Income or expenditure	£m (2021/22)
Section 106	Income	0.218
Section 106	Expenditure	0.178
CIL	Income	2.985
CIL	Expenditure*	2.219
*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 2021/22 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. Find out more on the Redbridge Charging Schedule and details behind the adjustments for indexing
• 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.

	2019/20 £m	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m
Total CIL Received	1.484	2.083	2.985
Redbridge CIL Received (before deduction)	0.968	1.330	1.988
MCIL collected on behalf of GLA	0.516	0.753	0.997
NCIL funding	0.145	0.200	0.299
Sub-region : North	0.033	0.011	0.167
Sub-region : South	0.014	0.170	0.074
Sub-region : West	0.053	0.012	0.033
Sub-region : East	0.045	0.007	0.024
Redbridge CIL (after deducting 15% NCIL and 5% Administrative Cost)	0.774	1.064	1.591

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	2019/20 £m	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m
Renewing Ilford	0.507	-
Ilford Station Southern Entrance	0.611	-	0.505
Crossrail	0.173	-
Major Road Resurfacing	0.846	-
Community hubs	0.015	-
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
Wanstead High School			0.600
Wanstead Swimming Pool			0.100
Consultancy Support			0.035
Total	2.152	2.296	2.219

 

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

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 will save time for customers alighting buses on Ilford Hill the station as they will not have to walk around to the front entrance on Cranbrook Road. The entrance also provides further capacity to support the expected rise in passenger numbers when the Elizabeth line fully opens.

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 NCIL Expenditure  

• 15% of the Redbridge CIL received goes into a specific NCIL fund which is for local community infrastructure projects. Among the £1.988m Redbridge CIL received in 2021/22, £0.299m was allocated to NCIL to help fund local community projects.
• A total of £124,008 of Neighbourhood CIL was spent in 2021/22, detailed below:

Projects funded by NCIL (2021/22)	2021/22 £
Trees for Cities (strategic partnership)	£25,000
Queen’s Green canopy cover (Trees for Cities)	£15,000
Schools Tree Planting†	£10,000
TFC Chadwell Planting†	£2,724
Spring Bulb Giveaway†	£9,832
Neighbourhoods Team’s Community Gardening and Greening Initiatives†	£5,453
Spacehive (fee for administration)	£30,000
Spacehive Projects (detailed in Appendix 1))	£25,000
Direct Grant Microprojects (detailed in Appendix 1)	£1,000
Total	£124,009
†These projects included within Neighbourhood Street Scene subtotal	£28,009

 

• 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.
• Some funding was not allocated to a region. This refers to money transferred to Spacehive but not yet spent on local projects.

Expenditure by Region 2021/22	2021/22 £
North	£23,821
East	£31,619
South	£34,163
West	£28,058
Not allocated to a region	£6,347
Total	£124,008

• Below are the highlights of the featured projects:

Trees for Cities:

• Redbridge Council entered the second year of its three year (2020-23) strategic partnership with Trees for Cities, delivering three projects over the 2021-2022 planting season. The creation of a new urban woodland at Ashton Playing Fields saw the planting of 11,805 trees. A further 195 will be planted at the start of the 22-2023 season to bring it to 12,000 whips in total. Trees for Cities and their volunteers planted 35 standard trees in Clayhall Park as part of a 2 year project to celebrate the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years of service through the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) initiative. Over 576 community members and volunteers were engaged over these projects, with 18 educational workshops delivered with local schools, and corporate and community volunteering groups.
• The total budget for these projects was approximately £169,613, of which £55,000 was CIL funding from Redbridge Council, and £114,613 was match funding raised by Trees for Cities from corporate partners and grant-making trusts and foundations.
• Additionally, a Highways Tree planting scheme created 50 new on-street tree pits in Chadwell Heath.

Walk it Out

• Walk It Out project is a very worthy walking and talking in parks initiative designed to help empower local women who face domestic abuse and other challenges. The scheme creates a safe and supportive environment for women where they feel acknowledged, heard and valued, leading to better relationships and better decision making, allowing women to feel stronger and more in control. The project aimed to improve physical health, wellbeing and provided support and guidance women of all ages in the community.

Welcome to Goodmayes

• The Welcome to Goodmayes Project has created a wonderful, vibrant new wall mural, reflecting the diverse community in Goodmayes. The art project was a competition specifically for local young people to design a mural for the wall over the bridge opposite Goodmayes Station with a community theme adding to the rich culture of the area. The project was led by Ajay Pabial, a Goodmayes resident from Art Clubbers CIC.
• The project involved: 120 hours of volunteer time; outreach to over 70 Redbridge schools and colleges; 44 local attendees to art workshops; 430 public votes; outreach to 50,600 people on social media, a dedicated virtual gallery, judging of the top voted entries by a judging panel, callout for artists and painting of the wall mural. It raised a total of £7,784 (with £4,824 from NCIL) for its first phase. The costs for the second phase for implementation were raised by donations from a developer. This project really demonstrates the power and value of community crowdfunding through genuine community support and stretching limited NCIL resources.
• The winner was 13 year old Tahani Muhaimin, an Ilford resident with the submission called "One Community Together". The artwork was adapted by internationally renowned visual artist, Molly Hawkins.

 

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	2019/20 £m	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m
Affordable Housing	0.529	1.091
Apprenticeship Support	-	0.002	0.009
Community Infrastructure	0.213	-
Employment	-0.007	0.033	0.090
Epping Forest SAC (collected under S106 agreements only)	0.001	0.014	0.007
Highways	0.982	0.127	0.008
Open Space			0.001
Refuse Vehicle			0.003
S106 Monitoring	0.004	0.009	0.071
Travel Plan Monitoring			0.007
Valentine Park	-	0.082
Total	1.722	1.358	0.218

 

• 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

Obligation entered into	Unit of measurement	Quantity
Affordable housing units	Homes	115
Of which:
London Affordable Rent	Homes	2
London Living Rent	Homes	40
Discount Market Rent	Homes	55
Shared Ownership	Homes	7
Discount Market Sale	Homes	11
Educational facilities	Pupil places	0

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	2019/20 £m	2020/21 £m	2021/22 £m
Affordable Housing	-	5.419
Apprenticeship Support	-	-
Community Infrastructure	-	-
Employment	0.092	-	0.089
Epping Forest SAC (collected under S106 agreements only)	-	-	0.019
Highways	0.011	-
Public Art	0.029	-
S106 Monitoring	0.020	0.002	0.067
Travel Plan Monitoring			0.002
Valentine Park	-	-
Total	0.152	5.421	0.178

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