Retained CIL receipts and future CIL expenditure 2023 to 2024

The total amount of CIL collected before the reported year and allocated to projects within the reported year = £1,112,923. The value of retained CIL receipts at the end of 2023/2024 = £2,465,059 (net of accruals representing receipts owing as of 31/3/24 and includes a correction for misattributed spend and miscoding in previous years that has resulted in an uplift of available CIL by £670,000). All but £517,059 was allocated to upcoming projects in the following two financial years as set out in table 9 below (figures in some instances have been rounded to the nearest £1,000). The retained funds incorporate £1,863,727 collected within the reporting year and retained at the end of the reporting year, £1,569,455 of which is BCIL and £294,272 is NCIL, with the balance from previous years and retained at the end of the reporting year (all of which is Neighbourhood CIL).

Table 9: Forecast future CIL expenditure as at March 2024
ProjectCIL Spend 2024/25CIL Spend 2025/26
Changing Places£34,000£0
Erith Regeneration Programme£300,000£274,000
Flood Risk Management (rolling programme)£223,000£500,000
Traffic and Road Safety Improvement Schemes£0£350,000
Playground Improvement Programme£76,000£0
Roundabout Improvements£66,000£0
Tree Planting£54,000£0
Traffic Sensors£35,000£36,000
Total£788,000£1,160,000

CIL administration

Up to 5% of CIL funds and 4% of Mayoral CIL can be retained annually to cover administrative expenses (as per the CIL Regulations, as amended). The total CIL administrative expenses collected and spent in 2023/2024 was £145,817 (4.6% of total funds collected in that year).