Finance Archives - Backwell Parish Council

🏘️ What are Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds and how do they help Backwell?

You may have heard Backwell Parish Council (BPC) talking about CIL funds — this stands for Community Infrastructure Levy. CIL is a charge paid by developers when new homes or buildings are built. This fund purpose is to help local communities cope with growth by funding improvements to local facilities and infrastructure. 💷 How CIL works in Backwell North Somerset Council (NSC) collects the CIL funds from developments A portion is passed directly to BPC (“the neighbourhood share”). Strict regulations mean that CIL can only be used for specific projects that provide long-term community benefits. As a result, it cannot be used for day-to-day running costs. Annual CIL reports, showing how money has been received and spent by BPC, can be viewed here. Throughout the past few years, BPC has engaged with North Somerset Council on several occasions to seek clarity on the rules surrounding CIL spending. Consequently, this engagement [...]

🏘️ What are Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds and how do they help Backwell?public@backwell-pc.gov.uk2026-01-14T12:08:05+00:00

BPC Financial Regulations 2025

Available here

BPC Financial Regulations 2025public@backwell-pc.gov.uk2025-05-13T09:03:17+00:00

BPC Investment Strategy

Investment Strategy

BPC Investment Strategypublic@backwell-pc.gov.uk2025-05-13T09:16:34+00:00

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge which developers have to pay to the local authority (North Somerset Council) towards the cost of the infrastructure that will support their development. The Parish Council gets a proportion of this money: Community Infrastructure Levy report for Backwell Parish Council (reported year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025) Community Infrastructure Levy report for Backwell Parish Council (reported year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024) Community Infrastructure Levy report for Backwell Parish Council (reported year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) The CIL Regulations state that a Parish Council must use CIL receipts to support the development of the local council’s area, or any part of that area, by funding: the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure; or anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area More information on the [...]

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)public@backwell-pc.gov.uk2025-06-11T16:07:52+00:00

Budget and Precept

January 2019

Budget and PreceptNick2019-02-08T17:37:00+00:00

Receipts and Payments

15 January 2019

Receipts and PaymentsNick2019-02-08T17:38:23+00:00

Annual accounts

2024-2025 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 have been audited by BDO LLP, the External Auditor appointed by the Audit Commission. BDO LLP, Arcadia House, Maritime Walk, Ocean Village, Southampton SO14 3TL, councilaudits@bdo.co.uk 023 8088 1700. The documents required to be published as part of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) 2024/25 are: Notice of Conclusion of Audit for 2024-2025 External Auditors Report & Certificate 2024-2025 (Section 3) Annual Governance Statement (Section 1) 2024-25 – REDACTED Accounting Statements (Section 2) 2024-25– REDACTED Annual Internal Audit Full Report 2024-25 As required under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, any person interested had the opportunity to inspect and make copies of the Annual Return during the Exercise of Public Rights, a period of 30 working days from 3rd June to 15th July 2025.To comply with the Accounts and Audit Regulations, the Parish [...]

Annual accountsNick2025-09-12T12:46:24+00:00