The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge that planning authorities (Cornwall Council) can place on new developments in their area. It was introduced on 6 April 2010 through the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended). CIL is a way for councils to collect money from new building projects (like housing or commercial developments). This money is then used to help fund the infrastructure needed to support the new development—It helps make sure that local services and facilities can keep up with growth in the area.
Of the CIL income received, 5% can be retained by the Charging Authority (Cornwall Council) for administering the process; 15-25% is paid to the Town or Parish Council in which development takes place (the ‘Neighbourhood Portion’), and the remaining 70-80% (the ‘Strategic Share’) is retained by Cornwall Council and must be spent on supportive infrastructure. Please consider the CIL Guidance for Town & Parish Councils for more details.
CIL Regulation 59C sets out that a local council must use CIL receipts to ‘support the development of the local council’s area, or any part of that area, by funding:
a) the provision, improvement, replacement, operation, or maintenance of infrastructure: or
b) anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area͛.
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulation 121B sets out that Town and Parish Councils must prepare a report for any financial year in which it receives CIL payments. This report must be published on the Town or Parish Council’s website and sent to Cornwall Council.
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