Infrastructure Funding Statement - 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Contents

• Introduction
• 1: Report relating to financial year 2024/2025 on the Community Infrastructure Levy
• 2: Report relating to financial year 2024/2025 on S106 Planning Obligations
• 3: Infrastructure projects to be funded wholly or partly by CIL 

Introduction

The Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) is a report which sets out the amount of developer contributions from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 Agreements (S106) have been received, allocated and spent on the infrastructure priorities of Oxford City Council for the previous financial year (April 2024 - March 2025). In accordance with the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations, any authority that receives a contribution from development through the Levy or Section 106 planning obligations must prepare an Infrastructure Funding Statement. (CIL PPG paragraph 173 Reference ID: 25-173-20190901). See CIL pages on GOV.UK for more information.

This IFS is prepared in accordance with Schedule 2 of the CIL regulations2 and CIL regulation 121A - see the government's Legislation website for more details. Developer contributions were previously monitored on the AMR, but now are recorded separately in the IFS.

This Infrastructure Funding Statement Includes:
(CIL PPG Paragraph: 176 Reference ID: 25-176-20190901)

1. A report relating to the previous financial year on the Community Infrastructure Levy;
2. A report relating to the previous financial year on Section 106 planning obligations;
3. A report on the infrastructure projects or types of infrastructure that the authority intends to fund wholly or partly by the levy (excluding the neighbourhood portion).

Funding for infrastructure on the IFS has been considered and updated alongside the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Infrastructure Assessment) - see the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (PDF 2.12MB). This is a live document which is currently being updated on an ongoing basis to inform future funding priorities. (CIL PPG paragraph 17, Reference ID: 25-017-20190901).

1. Report relating to financial year 2024/2025 on the Community Infrastructure Levy

1. (CIL Regulations: Schedule 2) The matters to be included in the CIL report are:

A. the total value of CIL set out in all demand notices issued in the reported year

Amount: £5,139,340.88

B. the total amount of CIL receipts for the reported year

Amount: £4,950,125.08

C. the total amount of CIL receipts, collected by the authority, or by another person on its behalf, before the reported year but which have not been allocated

Amount: £0

D. the total amount of CIL receipts, collected by the authority, or by another person on its behalf, before the reported year and which have been allocated in the reported year

Amount: £14,939,488

(This does not include CIL allocated to Oxford North infrastructure).

E. the total amount of CIL expenditure for the reported year

Amount: £9,156,398.96

F. the total amount of CIL receipts, whenever collected, which were allocated but not spent during the reported year

Amount: £8,381,983

CIL is allocated for spend during the Budget setting process for Capital Programme schemes - See part 3: Infrastructure projects to be funded wholly or partly by CIL.

G. in relation to CIL expenditure for the reported year, summary details of— 

1. the items of infrastructure on which CIL (including land payments) has been spent, and the amount of CIL spent on each item;
   
   Amount: £ 8,591,935.88
    

   Table showing list of projects

   Project	Amount
   Bullingdon Community Centre	£132,742.00
   Leisure Centre Capital Works Replacement	£200,000.00
   City-Wide Cycling Improvements, including cycle lanes and parking	£23,665.00
   East Oxford Community Centre	£3,377,322.69
   New Burial Space	£229,363.81
   Oxford Station Master Plan	£34,207.04
   Community Centre Capital Works and Replacement	£78,884.00
   City Centre Restart	£248.01
   Blackbird Leys Regeneration	£3,429,042.00
   Oxford North Developer Works	£950,016.97
   Cowley Branch Line	£136,444.36

2. the amount of CIL spent on repaying money borrowed, including any interest, with details of the items of infrastructure which that money was used to provide (wholly or in part);
   
   Amount: £0 
    
3. the amount of CIL spent on administrative expenses pursuant to regulation 61, and that amount expressed as a percentage of CIL collected in that year in accordance with that regulation
   
   Amount: £118,273.28
   
   2.3% (Up to 5% can be used for administration)

H. in relation to CIL receipts, whenever collected, which were allocated but not spent during the reported year, summary details of the items of infrastructure on which CIL (including land payments) has been allocated, and the amount of CIL allocated to each item;    

Amount: See Section 3

I. the amount of CIL passed to—

1. any parish council under regulation 59A or 59B; and
   
   Amount: £142,551.22
    

   Table showing list of projects

   Parish	Amount
   Littlemore Parish Council	£122,493.06
   Old Marston Parish Council	£6,951.34
   Risinghurst & Sandhills Parish Council	£0
   Blackbird Leys Parish Council	£13,106.82

2. any person under regulation 59(4)
   
   Amount: N/A

J. summary details of the receipt and expenditure of CIL to which regulation 59E or 59F applied during the reported year including—

1. the total CIL receipts that regulations 59E and 59F applied to;    
   
   Amount: £692,805.87
   
   NCIL not for PC
    
2. the items of infrastructure to which the CIL receipts to which regulations 59E and 59F applied have been allocated or spent, and the amount of expenditure allocated or spent on each item;
   
   Amount: £304,638.58
    

   Table showing list of projects

   Item	Amount
   CIL payments to ward Councillor budgets	£80,000.00
   Headington Neighbourhood Forum: Sports Facilities at Bury Knowle Park	£33,000.00
   Headington Neighbourhood Forum: 25 Hanging baskets	£2,937.50
   Summertown and St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: SHARE Oxford – Library of Things	£2,060.00
   Summertown and St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Diamond Place toilets – decorating doors/frames	£1,877.37
   Summertown and St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: South Parade toilets – decorating doors/frames	£965.10
   Summertown and St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Junction South Parade/Banbury Road – removal of sign and erect new signage	£792.00
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Summertown Christmas Lights	£2,220.00
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: St. Aloysius Bike Project	£4,837.42
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Hedgelaying at Burgess Field	£1,875.00
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Automatic External Defibrillator (St. Michael's Church Hall)	£1,841.00
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Spring bulbs for neighbourhood	£249.99
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Cricket nets at Ferry Leisure Centre	£8,292.00
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: SHARE Oxford PAT tester/safety equipment	£1,593.00
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Cherwell School Ecology Garden	£4,369.00
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Cutteslowe Larder Allotment Bench	£579.17
   Summertown & St Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum: Cutteslowe Minnows – Funding for materials and equipment	£4,500.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Cutteslowe Greenhouse	£4,722.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: White Hart Community Pub	£45,182.70
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Village Hall disabled toilets	£1,850.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Primary School (bike shed)	£10,000.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: EV charging point	£600.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Bellringers Simulator Upgrade	£1,794.35
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Allotment to Larder project	£2,163.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Display cabinet for WI centenary banner	£1,287.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Young People’s Club (heating boilers)	£15,306.90
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival	£225.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Sound equipment to reduce noise for live music	£2,485.16
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Tree Group	£6,978.77
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Access improvement to St. Peter’s Church	£3,985.55
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Village Hall (Seating)	£4,691.58
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: North Oxford Youth Theatre ramp	£400.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Dandelions Play equipment & coat rack	£400.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Young Person’s Club (Enhancing safety & energy efficiency)	£11,338.25
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Cutteslowe Light trail (equipment only)	£4,979.77
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Five Mile Drive Community Speedwatch sign	£498.47
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Community pet scanner initiative	£167.88
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Internal improvements at Wolvercote cricket club	£9,132.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Davenant Road Traffic Calming & pedestrian safety (additional work to plans)	£2,643.87
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote area CIL programme management (2025)	£3,490.00
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Wolvercote Young People's Club - Fire Doors and further upgrades	£12,610.18
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: North Oxford and District Guides (Scout Hut lighting)	£2,517.60
   Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum: Davenant Road Traffic Calming	£3,200.00

K. summary details of any notices served in accordance with regulation 59E, including—

1. the total value of CIL receipts requested from each parish council;
   
   Amount: £0
    
2. any funds not yet recovered from each parish council at the end of the reported year;
   
   Amount: £0

L. the total amount of—
    

1. CIL receipts for the reported year retained at the end of the reported year other than those to which regulation 59E or 59F applied;
   
   Amount:  £4,007,502.92
    
2. CIL receipts from previous years retained at the end of the reported year other than those to which regulation 59E or 59F applied;
   
   Amount: £8,089,222.41
    
3. CIL receipts for the reported year to which regulation 59E or 59F applied retained at the end of the reported year;
   
   Amount: £0
   
   All retained CIL has been forward allocated to projects in J) ii)
    
4. CIL receipts from previous years to which regulation 59E or 59F applied retained at the end of the reported year. 
   
   Amount: £2,340,410.36

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1— 

A. CIL collected by an authority includes land payments made in respect of CIL charged by that authority;

Amount: N/A 

B. CIL collected by way of a land payment has not been spent if at the end of the reported year— 

Amount: N/A 

1. development (within the meaning in TCPA 1990) consistent with a relevant purpose has not commenced on the acquired land; or
   
   Amount: N/A  
    
2. the acquired land (in whole or in part) has been used or disposed of for a purpose other than a relevant purpose; and the amount deemed to be CIL by virtue of regulation 73(9) has not been spent;
   
   Amount: N/A

C. CIL collected by an authority includes infrastructure payments made in respect of CIL charged by that authority;

Amount: N/A 

D. CIL collected by way of an infrastructure payment has not been spent if at the end of the reported year the infrastructure to be provided has not been provided;

Amount: N/A 

E. the value of acquired land is the value stated in the agreement made with the charging authority in respect of that land in accordance with regulation 73(6)(d);

Amount: N/A 

F. the value of a part of acquired land must be determined by applying the formula in regulation 73(10) as if references to N in that provision were references to the area of the part of the acquired land whose value is being determined;

Amount: N/A 

G. the value of an infrastructure payment is the CIL cash amount stated in the agreement made with the charging authority in respect of the infrastructure in accordance with regulation 73A(7)(e).

Amount: N/A 

2: Report relating to financial year 2024/2025 on S106 Planning Obligations

3. (CIL Regulations: Schedule 2) The matters to be included in the section 106 report for each reported year are—

A. the total amount of money to be provided under any planning obligations which were entered into during the reported year;

Amount: £351,089.94

B. the total amount of money under any planning obligations which was received during the reported year;

Amount: £856,781.04

C. the total amount of money under any planning obligations which was received before the reported year which has not been allocated by the authority;    

Amount: £0

D. summary details of any non- monetary contributions to be provided under planning obligations which were entered into during the reported year, including details of—

Amount: N/A

1. in relation to affordable housing, the total number of units which will be provided;
   
   Amount: 201
    

   Table showing list of projects

   Site name	Planning reference	Date of agreement	Affordable units
   Land at Thornhill Park, Headington	21/01695/FUL	26/09/2024	201

2. in relation to educational facilities, the number of school places for pupils which will be provided, and the category of school at which they will be provided;
   
   Amount: N/A
   
   Responsibility of Oxfordshire County Council

E. the total amount of money (received under any planning obligations) which was allocated but not spent during the reported year for funding infrastructure;    

Amount: £14,994,315.78

F. the total amount of money (received under any planning obligations) which was spent by the authority in the reported year (including transferring it to another person to spend);        

Amount: £1,046,290.11

See full breakdown in 3(h)(i)

G. in relation to money (received under planning obligations) which was allocated by the authority but not spent during the reported year, summary details of the infrastructure on which the money has been allocated, and the amount of money allocated to each item;    

Amount: £13,948,025.67 

H. in relation to money (received under planning obligations) which was spent by the authority during the reported year (including transferring it to another person to spend), summary details of—

1. the items of infrastructure on which that money (received under planning obligations) was spent in this year, and the amount spent on each item;
   
   Amount: £1,046,290.11
    

   Table showing list of projects

   Site name	Planning Reference	Date Payment Received	Category	Amount	Contribution Use
   Hernes House, 3 Hernes Crescent	10/02605/FUL	24/10/2013	Affordable Housing	£128,000.00	Towards off-site Affordable Housing
   Cardinal House, Cardinal Close	09/01502/CT3	28/01/2010	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£126.00	Towards improvements to Allotment Facilities within the vicinity of Rose Hill
   Bury Knowle Park Depot	13/01814/CT3	31/08/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£1,666.00	Indoor/outdoor sports provision
   Bury Knowle Park Depot	13/01814/CT3	31/08/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£573.00	Towards Improvements to Play Area
   East Minchery Farm Allotments, Priory Road	13/01610/CT3	31/08/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£3,719.47	Towards Improvements to Play Area
   Lawn Upton House, Sandford Rd, Littlemore	13/00739/FUL	31/12/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£4,316.42	Towards Open Space/Park Ecology
   Lawn Upton House, Sandford Rd, Littlemore	13/00739/FUL	31/12/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£202.73	Towards Improvements to Allotments
   Lawn Upton House, Sandford Rd, Littlemore	13/00739/FUL	31/12/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£219.24	Towards Improvements to Play Area
   Land at Greyfriars Court, Paradise Square	17/00860/FUL	03/05/2019	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£38,000.00	Towards the future maintenance of Paradise Gardens
   Littlemore Park, Littlemore	14/02940/OUT	27/02/2020	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£59,320.00	Towards general sports and Leisure Facilities for public use in Littlemore
   Land known as The Lord Nuffield Club, William Morris Close	18/00333/OUT	15/10/2020	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£304,879.39	Towards Leisure Facilities/Sports provision
   East Minchery Farm Allotments, Priory Rd	13/01610/CT3	31/08/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£11,114.00	Towards Indoor Sports Facilities
   Lawn Upton House, Sandford Rd, Littlemore	13/00739/FUL	31/12/2014	Open Space and Leisure/ Green Infrastructure	£2,578.82	Towards Indoor Sports Facilities
   Oxford North	18/02065/OUTFUL	10/02/2025	Highways/ Transport and Travel	£486,725.04	Bus Enhancement Contribution paid over to Oxfordshire County Council
   Oxford North	18/02065/OUTFUL	10/02/2025	Highways/ Transport and Travel	£4,050.00	Travel Plan Monitoring Contribution paid over to Oxfordshire County Council

2. the amount of money (received under planning obligations) spent on repaying money borrowed, including any interest, with details of the items of infrastructure which that money was used to provide (wholly or in part);  
   
   Amount: £0
    
3. the amount of money (received under planning obligations) spent in respect of monitoring (including reporting under regulation 121A) in relation to the delivery of planning obligations;
   
   Amount: £0

I. the total amount of money (received under any planning obligations) during any year which was retained at the end of the reported year, and where any of the retained money has been allocated for the purposes of longer-term maintenance (“commuted sums”), also identify separately the total amount of commuted sums held.

Amount: £0

4. The matters which may be included in the section 106 report for each reported year are—

A. summary details of any funding or provision of infrastructure which is to be provided through a highway agreement under section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 which was entered into during the reported year,

Amount: N/A

Responsibility of Oxfordshire County Council

B. Summary details of any funding or provision of infrastructure under a highway agreement which was provided during the reported year.

Amount: N/A

Responsibility of Oxfordshire County Council

5. For the purposes of paragraph 3—

A. where the amount of money to be provided under any planning obligations is not known, an authority must provide an estimate;

Amount: -

B. a non-monetary contribution includes any land or item of infrastructure provided pursuant to a planning obligation;

Amount: -

C. Where the amount of money spent in respect of monitoring in relation to delivery of planning obligations is not known, an authority must provide an estimate.

Amount: -

3: Infrastructure projects to be funded wholly or partly by CIL

There is currently £83,690 of CIL that is yet to be allocated on projects/schemes within the Council’s Capital Programme as part of the Budget setting process. CIL is used alongside other funding sources to deliver projects and schemes across the city as part of the Capital Programme.

The funding of projects and schemes from CIL is set annually as part of the wider budget setting process for the Capital Programme with minor budget adjustments being made throughout the year, if and when necessary.  The programme below sets out how funding from CIL is to be allocated to different infrastructure projects for the reported year and upcoming 5 years - however, this is currently under review.  As part of the budget setting process, which at the time of reporting has not yet completed (completion expected Feb/Mar 2026), projects and allocations may change. The following table in this section only shows the funding from CIL and does not show full scheme costs or other funding sources.

Published: December 2025