Agenda item

Community Infrastructure Levy Update [17:38]

This report provides information about CIL and an update on progress implementing a CIL for York. It explains what CIL is and how it differs to Section 106 (S106). It also explains what the Council’s emerging thinking on CIL implementation is, including timelines for consultation.

Minutes:

Members considered a report that provided information about the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and an update on progress implementing a CIL for York. The report explained what CIL was and how it differs to Section 106 (S106). It also explained what the Council’s emerging thinking on CIL implementation was, including timelines for consultation. It was reported that the CIL had been considered by the Executive in April 2022. The Corporate Director of Place explained that the levy was calculated by a viability appraisal and that the public inquiry process as a part of the CIL. He explained how the money was spent on infrastructure and in parished areas, where the council would decide how expenditure was distributed. He asked how Members would like to make decisions about the CIL in parished areas and suggested that they may like to form a group for it.

The Corporate Director of Place explained how CIL receipts could be spent and noted that having a neighbourhood plan would increase expenditure in unparished areas. He advised that the Executive would make decisions regarding expenditure in unparished areas. In response to questions from the Committee, the Corporate Director of Place, Principal Planning Policy Officer and Finance Officer explained that:

 

·        The CIL was not instead of S106. For parishes with a neighbourhood plan, they would get 75% CIL money and the amount would depend on the charging structure. The CIL would apply to all developments and was generated by where the development was. It was noted that there was a number of windfall sites in the Local Plan.

·        Section 106 was limited to the areas affected by the developments and the CIL allowed a charge to be levied against a development it did not directly affect.

·        There could be a CIL before the Local Plan.

·        The parameters of the CIL could be set.

·        The CIL could be paid when the building project starts and was paid on the whole development. Developers had to pay the CIL according to what came forward in the viability statement.

·        The CIL was index linked. Self builds were exempt and did not pay the CIL.

·        Officers were starting to see a developer dash to not pay CIL.The aim was for the charging structure to go to Executive in January 2023 with the adoption of it likely to be after the May 2023 elections.

 

·        It was not known whether Haxby would miss out on the CIL as it depended on when the authority adopted the CIL and what checks and balances were in place as the parish council’s priority may be different to the city council priorities.

·        Parish councils would need to provide evidence on how the CIL was spent.

·        The value a task group would bring to the discussion would be to consider the spend of SIL in unparished areas.

·        Devolution should not impact the CIL as York would remain as a Planning Authority and the CIL would be payable for all developments.

·        There was a specific form for reliefs and exemptions.

 

Resolved: That the Committee would speak outside the meeting regarding forming a task group.

 

Reason: To contribute to the development of the CIL

 

 

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