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This report asks Cabinet to review and approve the recommended strategic priorities for each Community Infrastructure Neighbourhood in the borough. These priorities will be set from 2017-2020 and will inform the expenditure of the neighbourhood element of the Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL). Following approval by Cabinet, the invitation will be open for project proposals that align to these priorities and mitigate the impact of development on the local area.

RESOLVED:

7.1 Cabinet reviewed and approved the recommended strategic priorities (2017-2020) for each CIL Neighbourhood. Principally:

7.2 Harlesden CIL Neighbourhood: Town Centre & High Streets, Transport & Roads, Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities

7.3 Kilburn CIL Neighbourhood: Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities, Transport & Roads, Town Centre & High Streets

7.4 Kingsbury & Kenton CIL Neighbourhood: Transport & Roads, Town Centre & High Streets, Parks & Open Spaces

7.5 Wembley CIL Neighbourhood: Transport & Roads, Town Centre & High Streets, Parks & Open Spaces, Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities

7.6 Willesden CIL Neighbourhood: Town Centre & High Streets, Transport &Roads, Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities

Councillor Tatler (Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Growth, Employment and Skills) introduced the report. She explained that the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was a charge applied to eligible developments to help fund strategic (borough-wide) and neighbourhood infrastructure and address deficits that might otherwise be caused by development. She said that Brent’s CIL had been in place since 1 July 2013 and that the aim of this report was to set priorities for the period 2017-2020, which would inform the expenditure of the neighbourhood element of the CIL. Councillor Tatler drew Members’ attention to Appendix 1 which detailed the findings of a six-week consultation to determine neighbourhood priorities.

RESOLVED:

9.1       The recommended strategic priorities (2017-2020) for each CIL Neighbourhood be approved as follows:

a)    Harlesden CIL Neighbourhood: Town Centre & High Streets, Transport & Roads, Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities.

b)    Kilburn CIL Neighbourhood: Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities, Transport & Roads, Town Centre & High Streets.

c)    Kingsbury & Kenton CIL Neighbourhood: Transport & Roads, Town Centre & High Streets, Parks & Open Spaces.

d)    Wembley CIL Neighbourhood: Transport & Roads, Town Centre & High Streets, Parks & Open Spaces, Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities.

e)    Willesden CIL Neighbourhood: Town Centre & High Streets, Transport &Roads, Community Spaces & Cultural Facilities.