Issue - meetings

1.1               This report requests Cabinet to approve the allocation of Neighbourhood CIL (NCIL) funds to three community projects from round two of the  2018/19 NCIL programme.

RESOLVED that:

     i)        Cabinet approved the NCIL allocation of:

·         £248,000 to support the refurbishment of Citizens Advice Brent, Willesden

·         £133,958 to support the creation of community facilities in Harlesden for residents and those affected by Sickle Cell Disorder

·         £150,000 to support the creation of new community facilities at St Catherine’s Hall, Neasden

Councillor Shama Tatler, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Highways & Planning, introduced the report reminding Members that the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge applied to eligible developments to help fund strategic (borough-wide) and neighbourhood infrastructure related to development. She stated that Brent’s CIL was formally introduced on 1 July 2013.

Councillor Tatler stated that the report requests Cabinet to approve the allocation of Neighbourhood CIL (NCIL) funds to three community projects from round two of the  2018/19 NCIL programme.

Councillor McLennan, Hirani, Miller, Patel and Butt spoke in support of the projects reminded Cabinet members how the three organisations would benefit from the funding.

RESOLVED that:

     i)        Cabinet approved the NCIL allocation of:

·         £248,000 to support the refurbishment of Citizens Advice Brent, Willesden

·         £133,958 to support the creation of community facilities in Harlesden for residents and those affected by Sickle Cell Disorder

·         £150,000 to support the creation of new community facilities at St Catherine’s Hall, Neasden