Infrastructure Funding Statement


This sets out the 2023/2024 income and expenditure relating to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 (S106) agreements, as required under the 2019 CIL Regulations 121A. This annual report (typically published in December) provides a summary of all financial and non-financial developer contributions for the last financial year but does not cover implementation details. It also provides a statement of the infrastructure projects or types of infrastructure which will be or may be, wholly or partly funded by the authority’s CIL.

The purpose of the developer contributions is to provide a funding source which will help to deliver the necessary infrastructure to accommodate new development across the borough. This infrastructure is identified within the Maidstone Borough Local Plan (2011 - 2031), and the associated Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP 2022) which identifies the infrastructure schemes considered necessary to support the development proposed in the Local Plan and outlines how and when these will be delivered. This also contains our infrastructure list setting out which types of infrastructure not in order of priority, which Maidstone intends may be partly or wholly funded by CIL.

CIL was introduced in Maidstone on 1 October 2018. It is a non-negotiable financial levy fixed-rate charging schedule collected from development but there is no site/spend relationship, and it must be paid once the development commences.

The borough council is the charging authority for CIL and has set the following charges in Maidstone:

Development type/location CIL charge per square metre

Residential (within the urban boundary)

£93

Residential (outside the urban boundary)

£99

Site H1 (11) Springfield, Royal Engineers Road,
Maidstone

£77

Retirement and extra care housing

 

Retail - wholly or mainly convenience

£150

Retail - wholly or mainly comparison (outside the town centre boundary)

£75

All other forms of CIL liable floorspace

£0

There are exemptions available for self-build and affordable housing, however, we do not offer exceptional circumstances relief due to our viability evidence that new development could sustain a CIL charge.

The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended) state that CIL must be spent on: the provision, improvement, replacement, operation, or maintenance of infrastructure; or anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area. 15% or 25% of CIL is used for local infrastructure, 70% or 80% for strategic borough-wide infrastructure and 5% will be used by us to provide staff costs for the administration of CIL.

S106 planning agreements are negotiated legal agreements which provide for on/off-site infrastructure to mitigate the impact of a specific development required and to make a development acceptable.

Where appropriate, planning authorities can seek planning obligations to secure the provision or contribution towards new or improved infrastructure following policy allocation in the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Review 2024 or otherwise directly linked to the development permitted in the form of on-site provision or on land adjacent to a development and directly connected with the site. For example, a road junction close by that needs capacity improvement. Authorities can also use planning obligations to secure affordable housing provisions from residential developments in line with local planning policies. Contributions collected from a site must be spent in accordance with the legal agreement normally paid at a staggered period over the build-out of the development.

Other funding sources

If funding gaps remain for infrastructure projects, infrastructure providers will need to identify other funding sources to address the gap. Alternative sources of funding from other council sources (e.g. the new homes bonus and capital funding programme) may be considered where appropriate.

CIL and S106 reports 2023/24

Headlines

TypeAmount

CIL opening balance from 01/10/2018 to 31/03/2023

£5,729,155

CIL income received during 2023/24

£1,926,131

CIL expenditure spent during 2023/24

£3,315,574

CIL closing balance from 01/10/2018  to 31/03/2024

£4,339,712

CIL Summary from 1 October 2018 to 31 March 2024

Table 2.2

Type

Potentially liable*

Collected

Allocated

Spent

Balance

CIL admin

£189,681

£398,465

£260,813

£260,813

£137,652

CIL neighbourhood

£769,257

£1,152,611

£956,635

£275,642

£876,968

CIL strategic

£2,834,684

£6,418,240

£3,093,149

£3,093,149

£3,325,091

CIL total

*£3,793,623

£7,969,317

£4,310,597

£3,629,605

£4,339,712

*The amount of potential CIL income based on liable development applications, before any relief is granted, and commencement

Neighbourhood CIL

Neighbourhood CIL (allocated) in 2023/24

Table A

Neighbourhood CIL

Date

Amount passed

Barming

28 October 2023

£38,306.44

Bearsted

25 April 2023

£3,667.59

Bearsted

28 October 2023

£12,350.40

Boughton Monchelsea

28 October 2023

£5,898.18

Collier Street

19 April 2023

£4,687.75

Collier Street

28 October 2023

£1,822.78

Coxheath

19 April 2023

£1,141.25

Coxheath

28 October 2023

£5,632.19

East Farleigh

25 April 2023

£2,922.30

East Farleigh

28 October 2023

£2,922.30

Grove Green and Vinters Park ward

03 July 2023

£2,761.07

Harrietsham

28 October 2023

£110.00

Headcorn

19 April 2023

£8,606.01

Langley

28 October 2023

£28,791.27

Lenham

19 April 2023

£80.83

Linton

28 October 2023

£6,531.43

Loose

28 October 2023

£935.55

Nettlestead

27 October 2023

£1,465.20

Otham

19 April 2023

£32,694.02

Otham

28 October 2023

£76,759.13

Ringlestone

07 July 2023

£31,260.57

Staplehurst

19 April 2023

£8,434.95

Staplehurst

28 October 2023

£43,265.34

Sutton Valence

25 April 2023

£167.38

Thurnham parish

19 April 2023

£1,351.05

Thurnham parish

28 October 2023

£257.40

Yalding

19 April 2023

£99.69

Yalding

28 October 2023

£367.25

Neighbourhood CIL project spend 2023/24

Table B

Infrastructure

Amount

Date

Spend description

Loose/North Loose Residents Association

£1,119.74

25 April 2023

Grass maintenance between March 23 - October 23.

Ward CIL North

£31,260.57

07 July 2023

Towards St Faiths Community Centre project.

Loose/North Loose Residents Association (NLRA)

£936.78

23 November 2023

NLRA have requested their neighbourhood CIL funds to pay for tools towards maintaining the ancient woodland which are Mangravet and Five Acre Wood. The maintenance of the woods is in their made Neighbourhood Plan.

Bearsted

£1,068

03 January 2024

Design fee for Otham Lane signs and Copsewood Way.

Bearsted

£2,850

15 January 2024

Ware Street build-out and dropped crossing.

Bearsted

£6,495

07 February 2024

Copsewood Way DYL's.

Boughton Monchelsea

£5,898.18

29 March 2024

Village hall upgrade works.

Staplehurst

£5,779.16

29 March 2024

Outdoor adult gym equipment at Surrenden field.

Staplehurst

£668.10

29 March 2024

Iron brazier beacon.

Staplehurst

£4,637.76

29 March 2024

Contribution towards toilet facilities at village sports and golf club.

Staplehurst

£10,362.24

29 March 2024

Contribution towards toilet facilities at village sports and golf club.

Langley

£5,929.50

29 March 2024

War Memorial clock automation (to replace manual winding mechanism).

Barming

£4,117.44

29 March 2024

Solar panel installation at the pavilion.

East Farleigh

£2,922.30

29 March 2024

Playground refurbishment.

Headcorn

£9,769.50

31 March 2024

Resurfacing between Lenham Road and Grigg Lane.

Headcorn

£9,111.58

31 March 2024

Contribution to PROW resurfacing Dawks Meadow (phase 1).

Headcorn

£3,342

31 March 2024

Contribution to PROW resurfacing Dawks Meadow (phase 2).

Headcorn

£3,061.92

31 March 2024

Contribution to re-lining of parking bays and disabled bays in Church Lane, Headcorn.

Headcorn

£900

31 March 2024

Resurfacing and potholes in Church Lane.

Harrietsham

£110

29 March 2024

Aerator for lake.

Hunton

£416

29 March 2024

Medway Valley Countryside Partnership pond surveys for Great Crested Newts.

Otham

£10,223.90

29 March 2024

Village Hall refurb.

Otham

£1,994

29 March 2024

Installation of defibrillator.

Otham

£925

29 March 2024

Map/information board.

Boughton Malherbe

£3,146.20

29 March 2024

Kingswood fence, lengthsman services, tree surgeon and village tree.

Completion data not available.

Strategic CIL Project Spend 2023/24

Table C

Infrastructure

Date

Amount

Description

St Faith's Community Centre

13 November 2023

£300,000

Total cost of building St Faiths community centre is £1,863,000.

Heather House Community Centre

29 March 2024

£956,420

Demolition of Heather House Community Centre and construction of a new community centre to include changing rooms and storage related to the sports use of Parkwood recreation ground.

M20 junction 7 upgrade

29 March 2024

£1,836,729

M20 Junction 7 upgrade.

S106 Report

Headlines

Table 2.3

TypeAmount

S106 Opening balance at 01/04/2023

£12,980,890

S106 Income during 2023/24

£648,085

S106 Expenditure during 2023/24

£1,524,583

S106 Closing balance at 31/03/2024

£12,104,392

S106 Summary 2023/24

S106 Agreements signed in 2023/24

In 2023/24 we signed new S106s which secured a total of £68,715 in future developer contributions. The most significant agreement was:

  • Springfield Mill, Sandling Road 17/502432 Community Facility (St Faiths Centre) £55,000

Non-monetary contributions - affordable housing

In relation to affordable housing, the total number of units which were agreed through S106 during the reported year was 70 including, 52 affordable rented units and 18 first homes.

Deed signed

Planning application

Housing numbers

Affordable rent

Shared ownership

First homes

01/06/2023 22/500222 11 7 - 4
19/04/2023 19/503995 136 41 - 14
28/09/2023 21/503713 14 4 - -

Total

161

52

-

18

S106 Income in 2023/24

Table D

Infrastructure type

S106 received

Libraries £11,235.82
Social care £12,606.95
Youth services £1,986.51
Kent County Council (KCC) highways £107,899.53
Healthcare £75,986.11
Open Space - Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) £9,020.19
S106 monitoring fees £16,455
Railway station improvements £49,952.76
Affordable housing £74,718.52
Community learning £3,570.86
Education sum secondary £228,292.74
Development Monitoring Committee/delivery group £1,360.36
Community facility £55,000
Total £648,085.35

S106 Expenditure in 2023/24

Table E

Infrastructure type*

S106 Expenditure

Open space (MBC): Brenchley Gardens, Whatman Park.

£252,500

Healthcare (NHS): Brewer Street Surgery reconfigurations

£16,801

Education Primary (KCC): South Borough Primary School expansion, Headcorn Primary School expansion, and Lenham Primary School expansion.

£206,008.36

Education Secondary (KCC): Maplesden Noakes Secondary School expansion, Cornwallis Academy expansion, and Free School of Science and Technology.

£654,934.01

Open space (Parishes): Ham Lane footpath, allotments at North Pole Road, Parsonage meadow, Headcorn burial ground, Days Green recreation ground, Marden playing field, Stockett Lane and Surrenden field outdoor gym equipment, Headcorn allotments, Hoggs Bridge play area, Loose pavilion, Spires Ash.

£135,475.17

Libraries (KCC): Bearsted and Langley libraries.

£12,883.57

Highways (KCC): Traffic displacement mitigation towards M2 junction 5 improvements.

£167,077.26

Community facilities:  St Faiths Community Centre and Fusion Café Youth Project.

£76,263.66

Public art:  Archaeological watching briefs to facilitate the installation of six new sculptures as part of a new public art trail for the town centre. Locations are:  Brenchley gardens, Fairmeadow, Archbishops Palace garden, Lockmeadow.

£1,550

Youth Services (KCC): Infozone Youth Hub.

£1,090.59

Total

£1,524,583

*Completion data not available

S106 developer contributions are paid over a staggered period or ‘trigger points’ during the build-out of the development. This means there will be intervals in receiving the S106 monies which reflects in a fluctuation of the balance of monies collected.

Likewise, the expenditure balances will also be impacted by the timing of the delivery of projects. These are regulated within a S106 clause which allows time for the key infrastructure delivery partners in receipt of S106 money to plan and account for project delivery complexities. The clawback periods are between five and ten years.

The infrastructure list

The CIL Regulations (2019 Amendment) Regulation 121A (1) requires the infrastructure funding statement to include a statement of the infrastructure projects or types which will be or may be, wholly or partly funded by CIL.

The list below outlines the types of infrastructure that we intend will be, or may be, wholly or partly funded by CIL funds. This list does not signify a commitment to fund all the infrastructure listed. Nor does the inclusion of a type of infrastructure on the list guarantee or imply it will receive any CIL funding.

Infrastructure category

Elements relevant to Maidstone borough

Transport

Cycling and walking (including Public Rights of Way)
Bus
Rail
Road
Public realm

Education

Nursery/early years
Primary and secondary, including Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Further and higher

Health

Acute care
General hospitals
Health centres/care hubs
GP surgeries

Social and community

Community facilities
Adult social care
Community learning
Youth services
Libraries
Sports and leisure facilities
Heritage and visitor attractions

Public services

Emergency services (police, fire, ambulance/first responder, river rescue)
Waste management and disposal

Utilities

Water supply
Wastewater treatment and sewerage
Electricity supply
Gas supply
Digital and telecommunications

Green and blue

Open spaces and parks
HRA mitigation
Waterways and water bodies
Flood defences

The 2019 CIL regulation amendment removed the previous restriction on the pooling of planning obligations towards a single piece of infrastructure.

Alongside CIL contributions, we may also seek planning obligations by way of a planning agreement (S106) where it can meet the statutory and policy tests and are in line with requirements set out in our adopted planning obligations supplementary planning document.

Future spend priorities

Affordable housing

The provision of affordable housing as part of new development will continue to be sought through S106s in line with ‘Policy SP20 Affordable Housing’ in the adopted Maidstone Borough Local Plan (2017), as well as the affordable and local needs housing supplementary planning document.

In exceptional circumstances where affordable housing cannot be provided on-site, we will agree in-lieu, to an affordable housing commuted sum contribution under a S106 which we will use to spend towards delivering new affordable homes across the borough.

We currently hold £2,250,884 of monies from 'off-site' developer contributions for affordable housing. We intend to spend this money on our building programme for which there is an ambition to eventually increase the portfolio to 1,000 homes.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure provision should align with the delivery of new development. Future income will be allocated towards much-needed infrastructure to support the growth of new development. Details of planned S106 expenditure across each main spend area 23/24 are set out below.

  • Education - Harrietsham Primary School: Free School of Science and Technology.
  • Community learning – Lenham Village Hall: Installation of conversation and adult lip-reading classes.
  • Libraries - additional book stock at Coxheath, Lenham and Hollingbourne, Kent history and library centre.
  • Transportation – Barming bus alterations, bus service enhancements to routes 82, 64, and 12, additional bus services from Hollingbourne to Maidstone east, relocation of bus stop Heath Road, bus improvements to routes 12,24 and 82.
  • Healthcare - Sutton Valence Group Practice, premises development at Len Valley Surgery, facilities and refurbishment includes extensions, new carpets, IT equipment at Stockett Lane and Orchard Surgery, Wallis Avenue, Orchard Langley, The Mote and Cobtree, Northumberland Road and Shepway surgeries, Glebe Medical Centre, Blackthorn Medical Centre, Allington Park Surgery, Aylesford Medical Practice and Brewer Street surgery, Marden Medical Centre, Bowermount surgery and Lockmeadow Surgery, Grove Green, Staplehurst Health Centre, Boughton Monchelsea, Yeomans Lane Surgery and Yalding surgery.
  • Public Rights of Way -  in Bearsted
  • Outdoor sports facilities - at Booth Field and Glebe Field
  • Open space - Marden playing fields, Stockett Lane, play areas in Headcorn, allotments in Barming, Clare Park multi-use facilities, Tovil play area, Ulcombe recreation ground, King George V playing fields, Lime Trees play area and Surrenden playing field, Millennium River Park, Jubilee Playing Fields, Midley Close play Area, Sandy Lane Penenden Heath, Barming Heath, and Gatland Lane, River Len Nature Reserve, Glebe Fields, Senacre Recreation ground, Mote Park, White Beam Drive play area, William Pitt field, Cockpit play area, Hoggs Bridge Green, Brenchley Gardens
  • Community facility – Staplehurst village centre improvements
  • Town centre - public realm Earl Street, Maidstone shop front improvement scheme, town centre marketing initiative and transition study and events in town centre
  • Railway station – Yalding, Staplehurst, Marden and Bearsted station improvements
  • Highways – M20 J5 white lining minor improvements, traffic displacement mitigation, works to Willington Street junction to wheat sheaf junction improvements and Willington Street/Wallis Avenue junction improvements, upgrade junction at Millbank/North Street, Fountain Lane, and Tonbridge Road junction modification.

Strategic CIL expenditure

In terms of CIL, we invited CIL strategic funding bids in May 2022 from a range of infrastructure delivery organisations and stakeholders. The CIL funding available for infrastructure projects across the borough contains CIL funds of £4.2m. Projects submitted were assessed against the infrastructure types or projects contained in our infrastructure list within this IFS and those infrastructure projects identified in the current infrastructure delivery plan.

The successful infrastructure projects awarded were;

  • M20 J7 improvement works - £1,836,729
  • Heather House Community Centre - £956,420
  • St Faiths Community Centre - £300,000

If you have any further queries or comments about this statement, please do not hesitate to contact us by email CIL@maidstone.gov.uk

Annex 1

Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations (2019 amendment) Regulation 121a Schedule 2 Section 1 and Section 3.

Community Infrastructure Levy

Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations (2019 Amendment) Regulation 121A Schedule 2 Section 1

LetterDescriptionAmount

A

The total value of CIL set out in all demand notices issued in the reported year

£5,827,620

B

The total amount of CIL receipts for the reported year

£1,926,131

C

The total amount of CIL collected prior to the reported period.

£6,043,186

D

The total amount of CIL receipts collected and allocated for the reported year

£801,539

E

The total amount of CIL expenditure for the reported year

£3,315,574

F

The total amount of CIL receipts collected which were allocated but not spent during the reported year

£257,402

G

In relation to CIL expenditure for the reported year, summary details of.

  1. The items of infrastructure on which CIL (including land payments) has been spent within the reported year, and the amount of CIL spent on each item.
  2. The amount of CIL spends on repaying money borrowed, including any interest, with details of the items of infrastructure which that money was used to provide (wholly or in part)
  3. The amount of CIL collected towards administration expenses (5%) of the total CIL receipts collected (£1,926,131) in the reported period.
    The amount of CIL spent on administrative expenses pursuant to regulation 61 and that amount expressed as a percentage of all CIL collected in that year in accordance with that regulation.

£3,093,149

£0

£96,306

£92,620

4.81%

H

In relation to CIL receipts collected and allocated but not spent during the reported year, summary details of the items of infrastructure on which CIL (including land payments) has been allocated and the amount of CIL allocated to each item.

(see table 2.2)

I

The amount of CIL passed to

  1. any parish council under regulation 59A or 59B; and
  2. any person under regulations 59(4)

£323,289

J

  1. the total collected for the reported year under   Regulation 59E (CIL returned to the Charging Authority after five years if not spent) and Regulation 59F.
  2. the amount of CIL allocated during the reported year under Regulation 59E and Regulation 59F;

£0

£0

K

  1. the amount of CIL requested under Regulation 59E   for the reported year is as follows per neighbourhood zone:
  2. the amount of CIL still outstanding for recovery   under Regulation 59E at the end of the reported year for all years is as   follows for each neighbourhood zone:

£0

£0

L

  1. the amount of CIL collected, not assigned for Neighbourhood CIL or CIL Administration, for the reported year and that had not been spent.
  2. the amount of CIL collected, not assigned for Neighbourhood CIL or CIL Administration, from 1 October 2018 to the end of the reported year that had not been spent.
  3. the amount CIL collected and that had not been spent under Regulations 59E and 59F during the reported year.
  4. CIL receipts from previous years to which Regulation 59E or 59F applied retained at the end of the reported year.

£0

£3,325,091

£0

£0

Section 106

Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations (2019 Amendment) Regulation 121A Schedule 2 Section 3

LetterDescriptionAmount

A

The total amount of money to be provided under any planning obligations which were entered during the reported year.

£68,715

B

The total amount of money received from planning obligations during the reported year.

£648,145

C

The total amount of money received prior to the reported year that has not been allocated.

£10,648,652

D

During the reported year the following non-monetary contributions have been agreed under planning obligations:

  1. in relation to affordable housing, the total number of units which will be provided.
  2. in relation to educational facilities, the number of school places for pupils which will be provided and the category of school at which they will be provided.

70 units

N/A

E

The total amount of money received from planning obligations allocated but not spent towards infrastructure during the reported year.

£2,085,873

F

The total amount of money (received under planning obligations) spent during the reported year (including transferring it to a third party to spend)

£1,524,583

G

In relation to money (received under planning obligations 23/24) which was not spent during the reported year

£604,828

H

In relation to money which was spent by Maidstone Borough Council during the reported year (including transferring it to a third party to spend) summary details of:

  1. the items of infrastructure on which that money (received under planning obligations) was spent, and the amount spent on each item.
  2. the amount of money (received under planning obligations) spent on repaying money borrowed, including any interest, with details of the items of infrastructure which that money was used to provide (wholly or in part)
  3. the amount of money (received under planning obligations) spent in respect of monitoring (including reporting under regulation 121A) in relation to the delivery of planning obligations.

(see Table 2.3)

£0

£0

I

The total amount of money (received under planning obligations) during any year which was retained at the end of the reported year.

and where any of the retained money has been allocated for the purposes of long-term maintenance (commuted sums), also identify separately the total amount of commuted sums held.

£11,638,509.04

£0