Your local councillors participated in one of the more pleasurable parts of the job in June and July, that of deciding how to allocate money to organisations that had applied for ‘CIL’ money. Every new development is liable to pay a small proportion of the costs as a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to the council to mitigate the effects of the development on local infrastructure. The sums totalled over a year are allocated only to the local area, in our case Weybridge Riverside, St George’s Hill and Oatlands and Burwood Park wards via the Local Spending Board made up of all the ward councillors.
Councillors were pleased to be able to support the following projects in Weybridge:
- St James’ Church ‘Access to All’ to finish installing a ramp, an automated new ramp and kitchenette;
- Elmbridge Canoe Club for a balcony extension to provide an outdoor land-based training space;
- Manby Lodge to refurbish and extend a garage on site to provide an additional activity space;
- St James’ School to improve an under-used outdoor space as the first phase of a mindfulness garden;
- Weybridge Town Business Group for installing three totems in key spots along the High Street;
- Weybridge Vandals rugby, cricket and netball club to provide two female changing facilities.