Issue - meetings
FP2088 CIL GOVERNANCE
Meeting: 04/03/2025 - Cabinet (Item 378)
FP2113 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Adoption
Recommendation from CPPP on 18th February 2025:
Additional documents:
Decision:
DECISION TAKEN:
Cabinet Recommended to Full Council:
a) The Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule (Appendix A) is adopted with a target implementation date of 01 October 2025
b) The Instalment Policy (Appendix B) is adopted with a target implementation date of 01 October 2025.
c) Delegate authority to the Assistant Director (Planning), in consultation with Executive Member, for any necessary further minor editorial changes to the Charging Schedule or Instalment Policy and a change to the implementation date if necessary.
d) Governance options and arrangements for the priorities and spending of ‘Strategic CIL’ receipts be brought to CPPP and Cabinet in the next 12 months.
e) The ‘Neighbourhood Proportion’ of CIL be set at 25% (uncapped) for all Parish and Town Councils regardless of whether a Neighbourhood Plan in in place.
REASON FOR THE DECISION
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was introduced by the government in 2010 as a mechanism to fund the infrastructure required to deliver Local Plan growth strategies. It allows local authorities to raise funds from developers undertaking new building projects. The money can be used to fund a wide range of infrastructure, such as transport schemes, schools, community facilities, parks and leisure facilities, which are needed as a result of development taking place
Minutes:
Cabinet received a report setting out the outcomes of the examination of the council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and sought to formally approve and publish the Council’s CIL Charging Schedule in accordance with Regulation 25 of the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended). The report advised that, subject to council adoption on 12 March 2025, the Welwyn Hatfield CIL Charging Schedule will take effect on 1 October 2025. This date is informed by an ongoing programme of work to set up all necessary guidance, administrative and financial systems and processes for CIL implementation.
RESOLVED
DECISION TAKEN:
Cabinet Recommended to Full Council:
a) The Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule (Appendix A) is adopted with a target implementation date of 01 October 2025
b) The Instalment Policy (Appendix B) is adopted with a target implementation date of 01 October 2025.
c) Delegate authority to the Assistant Director (Planning), in consultation with Executive Member, for any necessary further minor editorial changes to the Charging Schedule or Instalment Policy and a change to the implementation date if necessary.
d) Governance options and arrangements for the priorities and spending of ‘Strategic CIL’ receipts be brought to CPPP and Cabinet in the next 12 months.
e) The ‘Neighbourhood Proportion’ of CIL be set at 25% (uncapped) for all Parish and Town Councils regardless of whether a Neighbourhood Plan in in place.
REASON FOR THE DECISION
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was introduced by the government in 2010 as a mechanism to fund the infrastructure required to deliver Local Plan growth strategies. It allows local authorities to raise funds from developers undertaking new building projects. The money can be used to fund a wide range of infrastructure, such as transport schemes, schools, community facilities, parks and leisure facilities, which are needed as a result of development taking place