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Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule

 

 

Meeting: 01/10/2025 - Council (Item 35)

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Purpose

To consider formal approval of the District Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule following independent examination. 

 

Recommendation

The Executive on 10 September 2025 resolved to recommend to Council to:

1.    Approve the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule attached at Annex B with an effective date of 31 January 2026 in accordance with Section 213 of the Planning Act 2008.

2.    Delegate authority to the Head of Planning to further progress work on the draft CIL Implementation Plan, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cllr Hugo Ashton, Executive Member for Planning, introduced the item. Cllr Ashton addressed the following points;

  • That advantages of CIL were that the levy could be used on smaller developments and part of the levy could be transferred to the local Town or Parish Council.
  • CIL would be introduced for all liable applications that were made after the introductory date of 31 January 2026.
  • The Council was asked to delegate authority to the Head of Planning to further progress work on the draft CIL Implementation Plan, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning.

 

Members discussed the report. The following points and questions for clarification were raised;

  • Whether stage payments would be possible. The Executive Member confirmed that it would be.
  • That the monies would go to good community causes.
  • There were some comments that the previous administration had also attempted to introduce CIL.

 

Cllr Alaric Smith seconded the proposal and stated that the adoption of CIL would be a significant step forward in securing funding for local infrastructure, by complementing Section 106 agreements to raise funding from smaller developments.

 

Resolved: That Council

  1. Approved the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule attached at Annex B with an effective date of 31 January 2026 in accordance with Section 213 of the Planning Act 2008.
  2. Delegated authority to the Head of Planning to further progress work on the draft CIL Implementation Plan, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning.

 

Voting record – 40 for, 0 abstentions, 0 against.

Meeting: 10/09/2025 - Executive (Item 380)

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Purpose:

To consider formal approval of the District Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule following independent examination. 

 

Recommendations:

That the Executive resolves to:

1.    Note the content and recommendations of the independent examiner’s report attached at Annex A, including the modifications (EM1 and EM2) which have been recommended in respect of the CIL Charging Schedule attached at Annex B;

2.    Recommend to Council that the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule attached at Annex B be formally approved with an effective date of 31 January 2026 in accordance with Section 213 of the Planning Act 2008.

3.    Recommend to Council that authority be delegated to the Head of Planning to further progress work on the draft CIL Implementation Plan in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Hugo Ashton, Executive Member for Planning, introduced the item, the purpose of which was to consider the formal approval of the District Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule following independent examination.

 

Councillor Ashton explained the process that had taken place for the schedule to reach this stage. This process had included consultation and independent examination. Minor amendments had been made to the schedule following examination, including a reduction in CIL for developments over 250 homes, otherwise it had been approved by the examiner. Councillor Ashton noted that one of the advantages of CIL was that it would apply to smaller developments that did not attract S106 contributions. CIL therefore allowed the cumulative impact of developments to be considered, with a proportion of the contribution being transferred to the host town or Parish Council. The next stage was for Council to approve the schedule on 1 October 2025. A proposed effective date for the schedule to come into effect on applications was 31 January 2026

 

Councillor Ashton proposed accepting the recommendations of the report.

 

Councillor Graham seconded the proposal and noted that CIL added a further layer of contributions from developers which would give local councils influence on what contributions were used for such as localised projects.

 

This was voted on and approved unanimously.

 

RESOLVED:

That the Executive:

  1. Note the content and recommendations of the independent examiner’s report attached at Annex A, including the modifications (EM1 and EM2) which have been recommended in respect of the CIL Charging Schedule attached at Annex B;
  2. Recommend to Council that the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule attached at Annex B be formally approved with an effective date of 31 January 2026 in accordance with Section 213 of the Planning Act 2008.
  3. Recommend to Council that authority be delegated to the Head of Planning to further progress work on the draft CIL Implementation Plan in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning.

 

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