Contents
- Latest News
- Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) including CIL Spend and Background to CIL Charging Schedule 2015
- The Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Last updated: 2 September 2019
1. Latest News
Focused amendments to the Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) were adopted on 9th August 2019. The SPD amendments sets out the Council's approach to planning obligations for green infrastructure. Associated amendments were made to Bath and North East Somerset Council’s CIL Infrastructure list. Please refer to the Planning Obligations SPD web page for details.
2. Community Infrastructure Levy
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a tariff system that allows local authorities to raise funds from developers to contribute to the costs of providing some of the infrastructure needed for new development.
For details on how we spend Community Infrastructure Levy Funds, please follow this CIL Spend link.
Bath and North East Somerset Council approved the current CIL Charging Schedule in February 2015. It took effect from 6 April 2015.
Information on the background, preparation, consultation and adoption of the CIL Charging Schedule is available within the CIL Timeline and History document
If you are looking to apply CIL to Planning Applications you will find guidance and a CIL calculator on the Development Management's page.
3. The Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The Planning Obligations SPD was approved in 2015 and amended in 2019 (Refer to Section 1 of this page for details of the amendment, and the Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document web page.