Agenda item

*RESOLVED -

That it be recommended to Full Council:

(1)         To approve the introduction of a CIL Charging Schedule, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, collection to commence from 1 April 2016.

(2)         To approve the CIL Infrastructure List, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

(3)         To approve the CIL Instalments Policy as set out in Appendix 3 of the report.

(4)         To grant delegated authority to the Development and Growth Manager, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning, to develop and implement the processes necessary to manage and monitor the collection and spending of CIL receipts.

The Development and Growth Manager submitted a report informing Members of the outcome of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) public examination and recommending the introduction of a CIL Charging Schedule, Infrastructure List and Instalments Policy.

In April 2014, the Council approved that the draft CIL Charging Schedule be submitted for independent examination by the Planning Inspectorate (Council Minute No. 100 (2013/14)). The report provided an overview of the outcomes of this examination which took place during August 2014.

It was proposed that the Charging Schedule be introduced from 1 April 2016, which was to give sufficient notice to the local development industry to prepare for the introduction, and would allow the Council to ensure proper management of the CIL process would be in place.

As part of the CIL process, the Council was required to demonstrate the types of infrastructure projects that would be funded in an Infrastructure List. The proposed Infrastructure List, which had been subject to formal consultation, included strategic green infrastructure, transport infrastructure, strategic flood defence and education provision. Any future amendments to the Infrastructure List would require further consultation with relevant stakeholders such as the local community and the development industry.

As the regulations require parish and town councils to receive 15 per cent of CIL payments for developments within their areas, the Council was required to liaise with Brimington Parish Council and Staveley Parish Council to establish arrangements for this to be managed.

An instalments policy was also proposed to allow developers to pay the CIL over a number of weeks or months, depending on the level of the CIL.

Information was provided on amendments to CIL regulations, since the previous report in April 2014, and their likely impact on the implementation of the CIL Charging Schedule in Chesterfield.

The alternative to adopting the CIL Charging Schedule as proposed would have been continuing to negotiate infrastructure contributions through the use of planning obligations under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Such obligations were considered a more limited scheme, as they were negotiated directly with the developer and were subject to viability considerations which could reduce the level of the contributions.

*RESOLVED -

That it be recommended to Full Council:

(1)         To approve the introduction of a CIL Charging Schedule, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, collection to commence from 1 April 2016.

(2)         To approve the CIL Infrastructure List, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

(3)         To approve the CIL Instalments Policy as set out in Appendix 3 of the report.

(4)         To grant delegated authority to the Development and Growth Manager, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning, to develop and implement the processes necessary to manage and monitor the collection and spending of CIL receipts.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To allow the Council to introduce a Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule and begin collecting developer funds for local infrastructure improvements.