Planners help to coordinate and ensure the infrastructure needed to support the development envisaged in their local plans through their infrastructure planning and delivery activities.
The Community infrastructure levy (CIL) and Section 106 legal agreements are some of the tools used to enable and fund delivery of infrastructure. Developer contributions is an area that the Government has signaled that it is going to change. Further updates will be provided as the details become clearer.
In this section:
Applying the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
A manual, practical examples and training scenarios.
CIL Case Studies & other front runner updates
These case studies focus on the experience of the CIL Front runner authorities that have adopted CIL.
CIL: Setting and examination checklist (revised April 2014)
PAS have drawn up a checklist of questions to help those that are setting their CIL or going forward to examination, to make sure that they approach setting their CIL in accordance with the new statutory guidance issued in February 201
Community Infrastructure Levy – can you introduce one without a ‘relevant plan’?
One of the questions that often gets raised at our events on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is whether a CIL can be progressed in advance of an adopted, up to date local plan. We offer our opinion here.
Growth - CIL procurement: questions to ask
Before creating a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) you need to think about how you are going to do it, and who you need to employ to assist you.
Growth - Setting your CIL
There are many ways to approach setting a Community Infrastructure Levy and it will depend on your starting point and circumstances. Here we present one suggested approach.
Speeding up S106s – March 2015 changes
View the changes to the practice guidance following the response to the consultation.
Starter Homes Ministerial statement and PPG changes relating to S106 and CIL - March 2015
The Ministerial statement introduces a new government policy on starter homes and amends guidance on S106s. The statement says ‘… local planning
Superseded by Case Law- West Berks DC& Reading BC v SSCLG[2015] EWHC 2222 (Admin)
Changes to government policy (incorporating Nov 14 and Mar 15 changes).