How Local Councils (Parish and Town Councils) may spend Neighbourhood CIL
What can CIL be spent on?
The CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended) state that the Local Council must spend the CIL income they receive from us on:
- 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
‘Infrastructure’ is a broadly defined in the Town and Country Planning Act 2008.
There are typically three broad categories of infrastructure:
- physical infrastructure - highways, transport links, cycleways, energy supply, water, flood alleviation, waste management
- social infrastructure - education, health, social care, emergency services, art and culture, sports halls, community halls
- green infrastructure - parks, woodlands, play areas, public open space
If you're unsure whether a scheme or project falls within this definition, please contact CIL@west-norfolk.gov.uk for advice.
Additional funding Information
- Where local priorities have been identified, Neighbourhood CIL should be directed to these projects and used as match funding for any application submitted for infrastructure funding.
- Where Local Councils have a ‘made’ Neighbourhood Plan, Neighbourhood CIL should be prioritised towards the infrastructure highlighted within the Neighbourhood Plan.
- The Local Council should work closely with their neighbouring councils, and us, to agree on infrastructure spending priorities. If you share our priorities, you may agree that we, the CIL Collecting Authority, should retain the CIL to spend on specific infrastructure. It may be that this infrastructure (e.g. a school) is not in your administrative area, but will support the development of the area.