What CIL is and how our CIL was adopted
What is CIL?
The Community Infrastructure Levy is the Government’s chosen approach to set a mandatory tariff on development. It's also known as CIL or 'the Levy'. It came into force on 6 April 2010 through the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010.
CIL allows the Council (also known as CIL Charging Authority, or ‘CA’) to raise funds from new development in our area.
The CIL funds received contribute towards funding improvement to infrastructure (facilities and services) that is required, to support the development and growth planned for West Norfolk.
Formal adoption of CIL
The CIL schedule and supporting documents were agreed and formally adopted at the full Council meeting on 19 January 2017.
Formal commencement of CIL
CIL formally commenced on 15 February 2017.
CIL examination process
The steps taken to implement CIL.
Initial consultation
An initial consultation took place with some developers and interested parties in January 2014. This helped us to make sure we were on the right track for writing the Charging Schedule.
The charging schedule then must have two rounds of public consultations before being submitted for examination by a planning inspector.
The first consultation was carried out in December 2014 to January 2015; Information and comments provided from this consultation helped us to revise our documentation.
CIL Examination Inspectors Report
We received the Inspectors Final Report on 21 November 2016. Our CIL Charging Schedule was then amended in line with the Inspectors recommendations. The Cabinet Report, was agreed on 6 December 2016.
CIL Regulation amendments
The CIL Regulation Amendment 2019 removed Section 123. This means the requirements of the Reg 123 List no longer apply.
The CIL Reg 123 list has been replaced by an annual Infrastructure Funding Statement.