Bidding for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds

Results of CIL bid process for 2024/25

West Berkshire Council has allocated £500k to local communities in the latest round of funding from our Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) money, a charge we receive from new developments, to go towards infrastructure.

In July, we asked communities to bid for some of this income and it has been great to see the excellent ideas and projects that came through for using CIL funding.

You can find details of the projects below.

A map of West Berkshire with purple location pins on the areas where CIL bid funds have been used.

List of awards

Basildon

Churches Conservation Trust

Replace the nave roof at St Bartholomew's Church (used for community, cultural and heritage events)
Total cost £184k
CIL funding £20k

Bucklebury

Bucklebury Memorial Hall

Improve disabled facilities and access, including upgrading conveniences
Total cost £10k
CIL funding £6k

Burghfield

Burghfield Parish Council

Skate park replacement
Total cost £220k
CIL funding £100k

East Garston

Trustees of East Garston Village Hall

Add more solar panels to the roof of the village hall and install new inverter to reduce carbon footprint
Total cost £14k
CIL funding £7k

Holybrook

Holybrook Parish Council

Convert a pre-existing storage facility to a cafe kiosk
Total cost £18k
CIL funding £9k

Hungerford

Town and Manor of Hungerford

Kennet Valley Wetland Reserve - initial infrastructure element of a project to create 40-acre wetland nature reserve
Total cost £220k
CIL funding £100k

Croft Hall Charity Trustees

Structural repairs and access and facility improvements to Croft Hall
Total cost £137k
CIL funding £67k

Kintbury

Gladstone Memorial Recreation Ground Trust

Kintbury children's playground refurbishment and additional equipment
Total cost £100k
CIL funding £65k

Newbury

Corn Exchange Trust

Redevelopment of the Old Library in Newbury
Total cost £1,200k
CIL funding £50k

Pangbourne

Pangbourne Parish Council

Installation of new path from car park to Pangbourne recreation ground
Total cost £54k
CIL funding £42k

Tilehurst

Tilehurst Parish Council

Big Rig at Calcot recreation ground - a multifunctional training apparatus for children aged 11+
Total cost £21k
CIL funding £10k