The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) allows us to raise funds from new developments for infrastructure projects which help to mitigate the impacts of new development.
Of the total collected:
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80% goes towards strategic borough-wide infrastructure – examples include highway schemes, permanent school expansions, hospitals, and other health and social care facilities.
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15% for local projects (neighbourhood CIL) a portion of the CIL is to be spent on local projects in accordance with the CIL Regulations and aligns with the Corporate Plan examples include sport pitches, courts upgrades, public realm improvements and community gardens.
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5% for the day-to-day costs of administering CIL
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) allows us to raise funds from new developments for infrastructure projects which help to mitigate the impacts of new development, on the 11 March 2025 the Council’s Licencing and Planning Policy Committee approved the updated CIL spending protocol.
The items of infrastructure on which CIL has been spent within the reported year, and the amount of CIL spent on each item is reported in the Infrastructure Funding Statement. Information on the bids successfully granted funding during the 2024 funding round can be found in a report to the Strategy and Resources Committee on the 12 December 2024.
Our annual funding rounds for the 2025 strategic and neighbourhood CIL are open from Thursday 1 May 2025 until Sunday 15 June 2025. If you have any questions about the Strategic CIL, Neighbourhood CIL or bidding process, please do contact us using CIL@epsom-ewell.gov.uk :