CIL examination
As a result of the Examiner’s letter to the council of 23 May 2025, and the council’s response of 27 May 2025, Mr Holland has now agreed to the postponement of the virtual hearing scheduled for 4 June 2025. This hearing is to be rescheduled and will, in due course, be held in person at a venue to be advised. Please check this page, where a further update will be provided shortly.
The revised CIL charging schedule and modifications statement set out the changes that were made for the modifications consultation that ran from 15 October to 12 November 2024.
The Local Plan Viability Assessment informs the proposed CIL charging rates.
Part one: Infrastructure Baseline Report and Part two: Infrastructure Delivery Schedule provide further background information on local infrastructure delivery plans.
The CIL consultation ran from 28 February 2024 until 10 April 2024 (CIL Public Notice)
You can view all the CIL representations
Examination documents
19 May 2025: Quod submitted representation on behalf of Berkeley Homes (Southall) Limited
23 May 2025: CIL Examiner, Keith Holland letter to council
27 May 2025: Council letter to CIL Examiner, Keith Holland
What is CIL?
CIL is a charge/levy on new development, the purpose of which is to help fund the provision of strategic infrastructure. It is for use in connection with the extra demand placed on infrastructure generated by new development. It can be applied to most residential, commercial and other new development (including some permitted development) and is charged as £/per sq. m of net additional floorspace. The levy is not intended to be the main source of finance for infrastructure in the borough, but it will help to fund the identified gap.
The Mayoral CIL is already in place and is a charge on new development to help fund Crossrail. Whilst this charge is collected by London boroughs, it is passed to the Mayor of London.
Ealing LPA’s CIL will be in addition to the Mayoral CIL and the monies raised will help fund infrastructure within our own borough.
Ealing LPA's CIL covers the entire area of the London borough of Ealing except the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) which is a separate local planning authority and sets its own CIL rates.
Legislative requirements
The legislation and guidance needed to set the CIL is in place. The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010, setting out the scope and procedures, came into force on 6 April 2010. The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2012 came into force on 29 November 2012. Changes were made to the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations through the Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 which came into force on 1 September 2019.
How the levy is set
The purpose of CIL is to provide a simple and transparent means of collecting funding for strategic infrastructure. The levy is set at a cost/£ per square metre of net additional floorspace. The legislation does however allow authorities to apply differential charging rates if the viability evidence supports this approach. Differential rates can potentially be applied across different parts of a borough or by type of development (for example residential, office, retail and leisure) only if the viability evidence warrants this variation.
Further information
For all CIL examination queries, contact the programme officer by email: localplanprogrammeofficer@ealing.gov.uk