Cabinet is asked to approve the Annual Infrastructure Statement and support its publication on the WCC website prior to 31st December 2020. In addition, support is sought for the approach to be taken to publication in future years.

Councillor Peter Butlin explained that the County Council is obliged to provide the information set out in the report on an annual basis. Efforts had been made to make the information clearer.

Councillor Keith Kondakor agreed with the principle of providing the information on what services are provided. He did, however, consider that the information di not provide a fully comprehensive picture. As an example, he cited bus services in Weddington, Nuneaton. These are good, he said, but in one location there is a bus stop on only one side of the road.

Referencing page 7 of appendix 2, Councillor Kondakor noted that at Callendar Farm in Nuneaton funding had been made available but there had been a delay in providing the proposed school. There is, he suggested, a need to have timescales associated with schemes. In response to the comment regarding Callendar Farm, Cabinet was informed that schools cannot readily be built until there are sufficient children in the area to fill them.

Councillor Dave Parsons welcomed efforts to make S106 funding and CIL easier to understand. It is important that residents can see where the money is coming from and going to.

Councillor Peter Butlin concluded by stating that the transparency that the report provides assists officers in achieving results. 

That Cabinet:

1)       Approves the Annual Infrastructure Statement and supports its publication on the WCC website prior to 31st December 2020, as required by Regulation 121A of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations.

2)       Endorses the approach laid out in this paper to the subsequent preparation and publication of further detail to support readers of the Annual Infrastructure Statement in future years.