Councils play a central role in driving regeneration, revitalising communities and creating the right mix of homes and jobs to enable them to thrive. It is vital that new homeowners and wider communities get the infrastructure they need, and councils are able to source sufficient funding for this infrastructure in line with local plans.
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is one tool available to councils but it is important to point out that it does not and cannot meet the whole infrastructure needs in an area. It does however, have potential, given the right flexibility, to be used to leverage other funding and be an important of the funding mix. Our response covers a number of key areas where we feel there is scope to make changes to the current CIL process in order to make it a more effective tool for raising funds for infrastructure.
CIL review group's request for written submissions to inform their work.