Community Infrastructure Levy

May 3, 2010 - If developments are to be viable in the long term, they need to create places where people want to live and work. Successful regeneration will rely on privately funded infrastructure and early engagement with developers on strategic planning, according to two reports published this week. more >

March 29, 2010 - Planning Minister John Healey has announced new measures designed to speed up decision-making, and encourage councils to use a new power to raise funds from developers to support local development, and promote apprenticeship opportunities in their area. more >

February 16, 2010 - Housing and Planning Minister John Healey has outlined how councils will be able to raise a new levy, The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), to help fund economic growth and lay the foundations for future success of local areas. more >

November 28, 2008 - The Government's new consent regime for major schemes like power stations, airports and reservoirs has now been formally established following Royal Assent for its latest planning legislation. more >

November 27, 2008 - A new strategy to tackle problems from traffic management to flooding, improved policy formulation and decision making by using better geographical information, was launched by Baroness Andrews in the report Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom. more >

August 16, 2008 - Developers have warned that the Government's plans for a new development levy could hold up delivery of new homes and communities. The British Property Federation (BPF) has reservations about the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), more details of which have recently been published by ministers. more >

August 8, 2008 - The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), a new charge which local authorities in England and Wales will be empowered - but not required - to charge on most types of new development in their area, is coming into play . CIL charges will be based on simple formulae which relate the size of the charge to the size and character of the development paying it. more >

July 27, 2008 - The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has published ‘Planning Community Needs – A guide to effective Section 106 agreements & Statements of Community Involvement. more >

January 26, 2008 - Councils who back plans for new homes will be able to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to spend on vital infrastructure like roads, schools, parks and health centres. Yvette Cooper, in one of her final acts as Housing Minister, has set out how the new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), will help fund massive new investment to sustain new homes, as part of the Government's drive to support q... more >

January 26, 2008 - The Government has introduced provisions in the Planning Bill for the new Community Infrastructure Levy, which will establish a 'better way to increase investment in the vital infrastructure that growing communities need,' it says. more >