Following pressure from Wembley Matters, the outcome of applications for Round 2 Neighbourhood CIL has been published. The largest single award is £268,000 for fitting out Preston Community Library and Cricklewood Library gets an additional £30,000 folloing the £64,000 awarded in Round 1. Some amounts seem high such as the £45,000 for community wifi claimed by the South Kilburn Trust which also gets £9,000 for street signage.
The Young Brent Foundation which was set up to fund raise for youth projects after the Council closed youth clubs gets £30,000 for a 'Brent Young Peoples Hub'. It would be useful for the Council to publish the applications in full along with business plans where applicable for the sake of transparency and accountability.
A significant number of the grants awarded are actually to Brent Council rather than community groups including grants to Regeneration, Landscaping and Town Centres as well as for electric car charging points. The Neighbourhood CIL guidelines (1.17) state budgets can't be spent on 'anything that the council or its partners should be doing.'
The majority of the fund goes to projects in Wembley in line with the distribution priorties agreed by the Council which in January 2017 (Round 1) were:
CIL Neighbourhood Fund (nearest £) - as at January 2017
Harlesden 78,000
Kilburn and Kensal 574,000
Kingsbury and Kenton 402,000
Wembley 1,796,000
Willesden 190,000
Sudbury Town 15,000
(Neighbourhood Forum with adopted Plan)
Total £3,000,000 (Rounding)
Fuller information on each area HERE
Click bottom left corner for full size PDF.
The Young Brent Foundation which was set up to fund raise for youth projects after the Council closed youth clubs gets £30,000 for a 'Brent Young Peoples Hub'. It would be useful for the Council to publish the applications in full along with business plans where applicable for the sake of transparency and accountability.
A significant number of the grants awarded are actually to Brent Council rather than community groups including grants to Regeneration, Landscaping and Town Centres as well as for electric car charging points. The Neighbourhood CIL guidelines (1.17) state budgets can't be spent on 'anything that the council or its partners should be doing.'
The majority of the fund goes to projects in Wembley in line with the distribution priorties agreed by the Council which in January 2017 (Round 1) were:
CIL Neighbourhood Fund (nearest £) - as at January 2017
Harlesden 78,000
Kilburn and Kensal 574,000
Kingsbury and Kenton 402,000
Wembley 1,796,000
Willesden 190,000
Sudbury Town 15,000
(Neighbourhood Forum with adopted Plan)
Total £3,000,000 (Rounding)
Fuller information on each area HERE
Click bottom left corner for full size PDF.
The Council's consultation on the Neighbourhood CIL now closes on May 30th. Readers may wish to comment on some of these issues. LINK