A revised CIL charging schedule has been prepared for independent examination in autumn 2024. The modifications statement sets out the changes that have been made since the consultation version.
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
Modifications consultation
Anyone can request to be 'heard' by the Examiner in relation to any or all of the proposed modifications set out in the modifications statement
The modifications consultation runs from 15 October until 5pm on 12 November 2024. Representations should concern the modifications only, and can be submitted by:
- email at localplan@ealing.gov.uk with the subject line: CIL modifications
- post at CIL CONSULTATION, Strategic planning team, Perceval house, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, London W5 2HL
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.