Annual infrastructure funding statement

This is Brighton & Hove City Council’s Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) for 2024 to 2025. It explains the developer contributions the council has secured through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 (S106) planning obligations. It also sets out how much money was received and spent during the financial year. This statement is required under Regulation 121A of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended).

Because we receive developer contributions, we must publish an infrastructure funding statement every year by 31 December.

The IFS must include a:

• list of infrastructure projects or types the council plans to fund, or may fund, with CIL
• report about CIL
• report about planning obligations

The specific reporting requirements for CIL and S106 are set out in Schedule 2 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended).

If you'd like to receive this document as a PDF, send an email to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) team.

During 2024 to 2025, the council used developer contributions to invest in infrastructure that supports sustainable growth, community wellbeing, and regeneration across the city. It helped ensure that growth in the city is matched by better facilities, safer streets, and improved public spaces.

Citywide CIL funding supported two major regeneration projects. The Black Rock rejuvenation project received funding to improve the environment and local infrastructure in the surrounding area. Kingsway to the Sea also received funding to continue transforming the seafront between Hove Lagoon and the King Alfred site. This project will provide new public spaces, updated facilities and better landscaping for residents and visitors.

Neighbourhood CIL funding was allocated to wards across the city in March 2025. This funding will support smaller local improvements chosen by communities. All of these allocations remained unspent at the time of reporting and will be used to deliver future neighbourhood projects.

Section 106 funding supported a wide range of improvements. A large number of parks and play areas were upgraded, including Queens Park, Wild Park, Mile Oak, Hove Park, Preston Park, Victoria Recreation Ground and others. This included new equipment, repairs and improvements to make play spaces more accessible. Funding also supported environmental works such as tree planting and rainscaping.

Transport and road safety projects received significant support. Works included resurfacing, safer pedestrian crossings, dropped kerbs, bus stop upgrades, cycle and active travel improvements and traffic signal upgrades. These projects aim to make it easier and safer for people to move around the city, whether by foot, bike, bus or car.

Section 106 funding also contributed to community facilities, including improvements to leisure centres, allotments, signage and CCTV. The council’s Home Purchase Scheme received funding to buy additional homes, helping to increase the supply of affordable housing.

Across all funding streams, developer contributions supported major regeneration projects, better parks and open spaces, safer streets, improved travel, community facilities and additional housing. These investments reflect the council’s strategic priorities to promote growth, improve public health and wellbeing, and support climate resilience through sustainable infrastructure.

Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations (2019 Amendment) Regulation 121A Schedule 2 Section 1

a) The total value of demand notices issued in the reported period is £556,992.57.This value is of demand notices issued within the reported period that have not been suspended or superseded by new demand notices outside of the reported period.

Of total value the amount from Liability Notices (liable floorspace after any relief that has been granted) is £534,541.34. The total value is from surcharges imposed due to breaches of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations is £19,425.56 and the total value of the late payment interest accrued is £3,025.67.

b) The total amount of CIL collected within the reported period totals £372,489.30.

c) The amount of CIL collected prior to the reported period totals £3,392,655.40. Of this total the following amount was collected in Cash and as Land Transactions (including payments in kind and infrastructure payments) and the following amounts remain unallocated:

d. The total amount of CIL collected prior to the reported period allocated in the reported period in relation to cash received is £182,178.66 and in relation to land payments (including payments in kind and infrastructure payments) is £0.00.

e) The total CIL expenditure recorded for the reported period is as follows:

f) The total amount of CIL allocated and not spent during the reported period is as follows, this does not include allocations made within the reported year that have been fully spent:

g) i) The items of infrastructure on which CIL (including land payments) has been spent within the reported year, and the amount of CIL spent on each item is as follows:

Of this money spent within the reported year, the number of affordable housing units provisioned via the spend of CIL money is 0.

Of this money spent within the reported year, the following number of education places have been provisioned:

ii) The amount of CIL spent on repaying money borrowed, including any interest, and details of the items of infrastructure which that money was used to provide (wholly or in part) is as follows:

iii) The amount of CIL collected towards administration expenses is £18,624.52.This was 5% of the total CIL receipts collected (£372,489.30) in the reported period.

Brighton & Hove City Council has set a collection percentage of 5.00%. The percentage taken may differ due to Land payments (including payments in kind and infrastructure payments) not being allocated to administration expenses and Surcharges not being split with Neighbourhood Areas.

The amount of CIL spent on administration expenses during the reported year was £0.00. This was 0% of the total CIL collected within the reported year.

h) Regarding CIL collected and allocated within the reported year that has not been spent, summary details of what has been allocated, is remaining to be spent and what it has been allocated towards is as follows:

i) i) The total amount of CIL passed to a neighbourhood zone under Regulation 59A (collected on behalf of the neighbourhood zone in cash), cash collected and allocated towards Neighbourhood CIL, and 59B (cash provided by the Charging Authority to Neighbourhood Zones equivalent to what they would have received on a payment in kind), are as follows:

The following amounts were allocated towards neighbourhood zones under Regulation 59B, cash provided by the Charging Authority to Neighbourhood Zones equivalent to what they would have received on a payment in kind, during the reported year:

ii) The following spends within the reported year have been passed to a third party to spend on the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure under Regulation 59(4):

j) i) The total collected by Brighton & Hove City Council for the reported year under Regulation 59E (CIL returned to the Charging Authority after 5 years if not spent) was £0.00 and under Regulation 59F, CIL collected and retained by the Charging Authority for areas that are not designated Neighbourhood Zones, was £0.00.

ii) The amount of CIL allocated during the reported year under Regulation 59E, CIL returned to the Charging Authority that had been passed to a Neighbourhood Zone and had not been applied to infrastructure after a 5 year period, during the reported year is as follows:

The amount of CIL spent under Regulation 59E during the reported year is as follows:

The amount of CIL allocated during the reported year under Regulation 59F during the reported year is as follows:

The amount of CIL spent under Regulation 59F during the reported year is as follows:

j) i) The amount of CIL requested under Regulation 59E for the reported year is as follows per neighbourhood zone:

ii) The amount of CIL still outstanding for recovery under Regulation 59E at the end of the reported year for all years is as follows for each neighbourhood zone:

k) i) The amount of CIL collected, not assigned for Neighbourhood CIL or CIL Administration, for the reported year and that had not been spent is £0.00.

ii) The amount of CIL collected, not assigned for Neighbourhood CIL or CIL Administration, from 05 October 2020 to the end of the reported year thathad not been spent is £667,073.95.

iii) The amount CIL collected and that had not been spent under Regulations 59E and 59F during the reported year are as follows:

iv) The amount of CIL collected from 05 October 2020 to the end of the reported year under Regulations 59E and 59F that has not been spent is as follows:

Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations (2019 Amendment) Regulation 121A Schedule 2 Section 3

a) The total amount of money to be provided under any planning obligations which were entered during the reported year is £4,865,205.02. This figure does not consider indexation (inflation/deflation) that may be applied when the money becomes due.

b) The total amount of money received from planning obligations during the reported year was £770,246.67.

c) The total amount of money received prior to the reported year that has not been allocated is £9,459,826.48.

d) During the reported year the following non-monetary contributions have been agreed under planning obligations:

i) The total number of affordable housing units to be provided as on-site provision agreed under planning obligations is 0.

The total number of affordable housing units to be provided by S106 off site funding allocations made within the reported period is 0.

ii) The following education provisions have been agreed under S106 agreements:

The following education provisions have been funded by offsite S106 and other funding sources allocated during the reported year:

Download the summary details of all non-monetary obligations agreed within the reported year.

e) The total amount of money from planning obligations allocated towards infrastructure during the reported year was £8,620,928.53. Of this amount £5,503,877.08 was not spent during the reported year.

f) The total amount of money from planning obligations spent during the reported year was £5,558,942.04. Of this amount £0.00 was spent by a third party on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council. 

g) The following items have had money allocated towards them during the reported year with unspent allocations. Download the items with money allocated spreadsheet.

h) In relation to money which was spent by Brighton & Hove City Council during the reported year:

• i) The items of infrastructure that planning obligation money has been spent on and the amount spent are shown in S106 H spent in the year.

ii) The amount of planning obligation money spent on repaying money borrowed, including any interest, with details of the items of infrastructure which that money was used to provide are as follows:

iii) The amount of planning obligation money spent in respect of administration of planning obligations and monitoring in relation to the delivery of planning obligations during the reported year was £0.00.

i) The total amount of money retained at the end of the reported year is £14,136,823.12. Of this amount retained an amount of £0.00 has been retained for long term maintenance. See the below table for a breakdown of the retained maintenance amount.