Department for Communities and Local Government

• Planning, building and the environment
• The planning system
• CIL

The Community Infrastructure Levy

The Community Infrastructure Levy is a new levy that local authorities in England and Wales can choose to charge on new developments in their area. The money can be used to support development by funding infrastructure that the council, local community and neighbourhoods want - for example new or safer road schemes, park improvements or a new health centre. The system is very simple. It applies to most new buildings and charges are based on the size and type of the new development.

Local authorities should introduce the levy because it:

• delivers additional funding for them to carry out a wide range of infrastructure projects that support growth and benefit the local community
• gives them the flexibility and freedom to set their own priorities for what  the money should be spent on - as well as a predictable funding stream that allows them to plan ahead more effectively
• provides developers with much more certainty 'up front' about how much money they will be expected to contribute, which in turn encourages greater confidence and higher levels of inward investment
• ensures greater transparency for local people, because they will be able to understand how new development is contributing to their community and
• enables local authorities to allocate a share of the levy raised in a neighbourhood to deliver infrastructure the neighbourhood wants

Please see the related documents for further information.

In this section

• Community Infrastructure Levy Front Runners Project

Related publications

• The Community Infrastructure Levy: An overview

  • Published: 18 November 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• The Community Infrastructure Levy: Summary

  • Published: 18 November 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Community Infrastructure Levy Guidance: Charge setting and charging schedule procedures

  • Published: 25 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

Archived content

• Community Infrastructure Levy: An overview (March 2010)
• New Policy Document for Planning Obligations: Consultation
• Detailed proposals and draft regulations for the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy: Consultation - Summary of responses
• Community Infrastructure Levy: Final Impact Assessment
• Detailed proposals and draft regulations for the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy: Consultation - Draft Regulations and Reference documents
• Detailed proposals and draft regulations for the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy: Consultation - Partial Impact Assessment
• Detailed proposals and draft regulations for the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy: Consultation
• The Community Infrastructure Levy (August 2008)
• Community Infrastructure Levy: Impact Assessment
• The Community Infrastructure Levy (January 2008)
• Community Infrastructure Levy: Initial Impact Assessment