Community Infrastructure Levy - New Guidance

Yesterday the Department for Communities and Local Government issued new guidance looking in more detail at the proposed Community Infrastructure Levy ("CIL") and how it is envisaged this will operate in practice. The guidance looks at issues such as how the levy will be set, how will authorities spend it, payment arrangements and the relationship between the levy and section 106 agreements.

In terms of some of the headline points:-

1. In setting the levy authorities will need to follow two steps. The first is identifying what infrastructure is needed and how much it will cost. The second is working out what contribution each development should make to that cost. Arrangements will be put in place for independent testing of the proposed levy.