The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge which allows planning authorities (Cornwall Council) to charge development to fund infrastructure which addresses the cumulative impact of development. It came into force on 6 April 2010 through the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended).
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’) must be spent on infrastructure to support the development of the area. 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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