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Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

Simon Pickstone, modified 9 Years ago.

Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

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Does anybody have a view as to whether or not one would be on 'shaky ground' by placing 'employment and skills-type training' on the R123 List and seeking to fund it through CIL receipts? How tenuous is the argument that 'human resources' are a type of infrastructure? Thought/views are welcomed!
Richard Holmes, modified 9 Years ago.

RE: Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

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My view is that it isn't infrastructure so we have excluded it from CIL and would look to deliver through policy and conditions or S.106.
Former Member, modified 9 Years ago.

RE: Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

I agree not infrastructure so not CIL. But - if you have a policy and it meets the s106 tests why not use s106?

 

 

Former Member, modified 9 Years ago.

RE: Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

I agree with Richard and Gillian.
Simon Pickstone, modified 9 Years ago.

RE: Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

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Thanks for your comments everybody :) Why not S106?...well...there is the ambition to minimise it's use...accepting it won't be scrapped alltogether which would make sense since it is forcing us to run two parallel processes for securing developer contributions...and then there is the faf of complying with the 'Pooling Restrictions' (whatever they actually mean!?).
Richard Holmes, modified 9 Years ago.

RE: Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

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If it's not infrastructure then it's not subject to the pooling restrictions?  In any case, if it meets the three tests there would be no need to pool because the training would only be related to the development and meeting the requirements of just the development itself, so you wouldn't be pooling anything.
Former Member, modified 9 Years ago.

RE: Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

Simon Pickstone:
Thanks for your comments everybody :) Why not S106?...well...there is the ambition to minimise it's use...accepting it won't be scrapped alltogether which would make sense since it is forcing us to run two parallel processes for securing developer contributions...and then there is the faf of complying with the 'Pooling Restrictions' (whatever they actually mean!?).
Hi Simon, If training is not "infrastructure" then its not caught by the pooling restrictions.


Simon Pickstone, modified 9 Years ago.

RE: Spending CIL on Skills and Training.

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Tony/Richard....both good points...thanks, Simon