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Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

A Community Infrastructure Levy is a standard charge on developments introduced by selected district and borough councils.

The CIL is governed by The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended). The most recent amendments to the CIL Regulations were in 2019.

Some of Suffolk's local planning authorities have introduce a CIL charging schedule as stated below:

The government has produced guidance on the CIL (PDF, 160KB).

CIL charging authorities (borough and district councils) should set out in their infrastructure funding statements which infrastructure they intend to fund and detail the different sources of funding (see regulation 121A).

In the meantime, government guidance states that the 123 lists remain a useful indication of infrastructure that may be CIL funded and anything not indicated is expected to be secured in a Section 106 agreement. 

It should be noted that authorities are now able to seek Section 106 contributions for any item, whether it is on the CIL Regulation 123 Infrastructure List or not and whether or not CIL will also be used to fund it.

Suffolk County Council will report on any CIL contributions passed over by explaining how the contributions have been spent and how they intend to spend future contributions. 

Please view further information for our Infrastructure Funding Statements.