The Head of Planning and Regulatory Services has submitted a report to seekapproval for (i) modifications to the CIL Draft ChargingSchedule following consultation; and (ii) submission of the CIL Draft Charging Schedule to the Secretary of State for examination.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.       Approve the Statement of Modifications (Appendix 1) and the submission version of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule (Appendix 2); and

2.       Delegate authority to the Head of Planning and Regulatory Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, to make any minor changesdeemed necessary to the CIL Draft Charging Schedule and supporting CIL documentationand to formally submit all documents to the Secretary of State for examination.

The Head of Planning and Regulatory Services had submitted a report to seekapproval for (i) modifications to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule following consultation; and (ii) submission of the CIL Draft Charging Schedule to the Secretary of State for examination. 

This followed a partial review which had proposed an increase to the rates for Industrial (Use Class B2/B8) and Office/R&D (Use Class E(g)) developments based on evidence that increasing CIL rates would be possible for these developments without making them unviable.  Following consideration of consultation responses and supplementary viability testing, one substantive modification to the schedule was proposed, together with three minor updates.  The proposed main modification was to retain the existing rates for B2/B8 industrial uses and raise the rates only for E(g) Office and R&D uses. 

It was noted that the proposed modification offered potential to bring significant additional income over the period of the Local Plan to 2040.

Cabinet resolved to:

1.       Approve the Statement of Modifications (Appendix 1) and the submission version of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule (Appendix 2); and

2.       Delegate authority to the Head of Planning and Regulatory Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, to make any minor changesdeemed necessary to the CIL Draft Charging Schedule and supporting CIL documentationand to formally submit all documents to the Secretary of State for examination.