Annual infrastructure funding statement 2025 to 2026

This is Brighton & Hove City Council’s Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) for 2025 to 2026. It explains the developer contributions Brighton & Hove City Council has secured through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 (S106) planning obligations.

This statement 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 Brighton & Hove City 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).

During 2025 to 2026, Brighton & Hove City Council used developer contributions to invest in infrastructure that supports sustainable growth, community wellbeing and environmental improvement across the city.

These investments helped ensure that development contributed towards better services, facilities and public spaces for residents.

CIL funding

CIL funding supported community, environmental and public realm projects.

The Thriving Communities Fund Programme received £138,000 to support local communities and community-led projects across the city. Citywide CIL funding also supported tree planting across Brighton & Hove, helping to replace trees lost from disease, pests and safety works and increasing tree cover in local areas.

A further £150,000 was invested in seafront maintenance to help keep the seafront safe, attractive and welcoming for residents and visitors. 

Additional CIL funding was allocated towards future infrastructure projects. This included £75,000 for further tree planting initiatives and £46,000 for the Thriving Communities Fund Programme. These allocations remained unspent at the end of the reporting year and will support future project delivery. 

Section 106 funding

Section 106 funding supported a wide range of infrastructure improvements across the city. Investment was made in parks, playgrounds and open spaces, including projects at:

• Victoria Recreation Ground
• William Clarke Park
• Wish Park
• Happy Valley Park
• Hollingbury Park
• Middle Park
• Stanmer Park

Improvements included play equipment, outdoor gym facilities, landscaping, accessibility works and park infrastructure. 

Transport and accessibility projects received significant support through Section 106 contributions. Funding helped deliver:

• highway improvements
• pedestrian crossings
• dropped kerbs
• bus stop upgrades
• cycle hire facilities
• active travel schemes

Key projects included:

• Preston Road highway works
• Fox Way improvements
• Crowhurst Road bus stop improvements
• accessible bus stop works on Lewes Road
• pedestrian improvements on the A259 corridor
• a range of citywide accessibility and road safety measures

Developer contributions also supported improvements to community and leisure facilities. Funding was invested in Portslade Sports Centre, Withdean Sports Complex and local sports infrastructure, helping to improve facilities and increase opportunities for physical activity.

Allotment improvements were funded across a number of sites, supporting local food growing and community use.

Section 106 funding made an important contribution to education infrastructure across the city. Investment supported projects at:

• Patcham High School
• Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
• Middle Street Primary School
• Hove Junior School
• Bevendean Primary School
• Balfour Primary School
• Dorothy Stringer School
• Varndean School
• Blatchington Mill School
• Cardinal Newman Catholic School

These projects improved learning environments, facilities and specialist provision for pupils. 

Brighton & Hove City Council also secured 123 affordable housing units through new Section 106 agreements during the year. In addition, developer contributions continued to support the Local Employment Scheme, helping create training, skills and employment opportunities linked to development projects. 

Across all funding streams, developer contributions supported:

• community projects
• environmental improvements
• education facilities
• parks and open spaces
• transport infrastructure
• leisure facilities
• affordable housing

These investments reflect Brighton & Hove City Council's strategic priorities to support sustainable growth, improve health and wellbeing, enhance accessibility, strengthen communities and respond to environmental challenges through investment in local 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 £814,488.90. This value is of demand notices issued within the reported period that have not been suspended or superseded by new demand notices outside the reported period.

Of the total value, the amount from liability notices (liable floorspace after any granted relief) is £754,329.81. The total value of surcharges imposed for breaches of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations is £60,159.09, and the total value of late payment interest accrued is £0.00.

b) The total amount of CIL collected within the reported period totals £604,443.28.

c) The amount of CIL collected before the reported period totals £3,765,144.70. 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 before the reported period allocated in the reported period in relation to cash received is £2,609,342.59 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) are as follows:

iii) The amount of CIL collected towards administration expenses is £30,222.17. This was 5% of the total CIL receipts collected (£604,443.28) in the reported period.

Brighton & Hove City Council has set a collection percentage of 5%. 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 are 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 £21.95.

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 5 years, 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: 

k) 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:

l) 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 £49,365.58. 

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 that had not been spent is £0.00.

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

iv) The amount of CIL collected from 5 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 into during the reported year is £5,429,703.22. 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 £2,267,832.11.

c) The total amount of money received before the reported year that has not been allocated is £6,588,268.32.

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 123. 

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 off-site S106 and other funding sources allocated during the reported year: 

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

Summary details of all non-monetary obligations agreed within the reported year are as follows:

e) The total amount of money from planning obligations allocated towards infrastructure during the reported year was £5,164,947.59. Of this amount, £3,123,018.34 was not spent during the reported year.

f) The total amount of money from planning obligations spent during the reported year was £2,703,629.77. 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: shown in S106 G allocated unspent in the year.

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 as follows: 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 £15,521,920.50. Of this amount retained, an amount of £1,378,002.20 has been retained for long-term maintenance. See the table below for a breakdown of the retained maintenance amount.