The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a new levy
that local authorities in England and
Most development has some form of impact on the infrastructure needs of an area and, as such, it is fair that the development contributes towards the cost of the needs.
The system is very simple. It is a fair, transparent and accountable levy which will be payable by the majority of new housing developments, whether 1 unit or 1000 units, and a range of other development types. The CIL gives developers a clear understanding of what financial contribution will be expected towards the delivery of community infrastructure needs, whilst providing the Local Planning Authority with a simple developer contributions process.
Section 106 Agreements and planning conditions will also continue to be used for local infrastructure requirements on development sites, such as site specific local provision of open space, connection to utility services (as required by legislation), habitat protection, access roads and archaeology. The principle is that all eligible developments must pay towards CIL as well as any site specific requirement to be secured through Section 106 Agreements.