Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

The CIL charge varies for different types of development. For residential development, CIL is charged on new floorspace of 100 sqm or more and new annexes or dwellings of any size. Any floorspace forming part of the CIL calculation is measured as gross internal area (GIA) using the methodology contained in the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (currently in its 6th edition).

We will calculate your CIL charge once you have received your planning permission and then we will send you a Liability Notice to tell you how much it is. If you want to get an idea of how much it might cost before you submit your planning application, you can use our CIL Calculator.

This table summarises our indexed CIL rates for 2024. To find out which Zone you are in, search your address on our Planning Maps.

For full information about the CIL rates, please see the CIL Charging Schedule.

Past Annual CIL Rate Summaries:

• 2020 Annual CIL Rate Summary
• 2021 Annual CIL Rate Summary
• 2022 Annual CIL Rate Summary
• 2023 Annual CIL Rate Summary

You will need to submit a CIL Additional Information Requirement Form (Form 1) with your application.

Read the Planning Application - Additional Information Requirements Guidance before filling in the form.

If your development does not require planning permission or is permitted under a 'general consent', such as permitted development or prior approval, you must submit a CIL Form 5: Notice of Chargeable Development to the Council before you commence development.

If your development is CIL liable and you haven’t already, you will need to complete a CIL Form 2: Assumption of Liability. You should also complete any forms for exemptions you wish you apply for. These forms can be found on the Planning Portal.

Once we’ve received your CIL Form 2, we’ll send you a Liability Notice which tells you what the CIL charge will be for your development.

Regardless of a relief or exemption, you must submit a valid CIL Form 6: Commencement Notice before the development commences. The only exception to this is if residential extension exemption is granted for the whole chargeable development.

We will send acknowledgement letters for all CIL forms (2-14) submitted.  Please do not start work (including demolition/site preparation) until you have received all relevant acknowledgements. Please provide an email address as this will speed up the process.

We do not offer discretionary CIL relief. However, the following types of development may receive some or full relief from the CIL, if eligible:

• social housing relief
• charitable relief
• self-build exemption (whole house)
• residential annex exemption
• residential extension exemption

We don't automatically apply any relief or exemption and you must make an application using the relevant forms and by submitting supporting information and/or evidence. You must wait for approval of the relief or exemption before commencing any works. In all the above cases there are particular criteria to be met for a relief or exemption to be granted.

CIL exemptions and relief forms

If you are granted an exemption, we strongly advise you to read the Planning Portal and the National Planning Practice Guidance to ensure your exemption is not lost because of disqualifying events.

Appeals can be lodged against some aspects of the CIL charge. The different types of appeal are set out in this table published on GOV.UK

Request a review

If you disagree with the issued Liability Notice, you may first request a review under Regulation 113 of the CIL Regulations. To do this, a written request must be made within 28 days of the Liability Notice being issued. Further details are available for this process within the issued Liability Notice.

We will notify you of the decision of the review within 14 days of receiving your request. However, where development is commenced before you receive notification of the decision, the review will lapse and the original amount will become due for payment as set out in the Demand Notice. If this does not resolve the issue, you may then appeal under Regulation 114 to the Valuation Office Agency.

It is also possible to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate against a surcharge or enforcement action taken by us in relation to the non-payment of CIL.

The below instalments policy has been prepared and published in accordance with Regulation 69B of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended). The instalments policy took effect from 1 March 2019.

We will allow the payment of CIL as follows:

The ability to pay by instalment is subject to:

• a person(s) assuming liability to pay CIL in respect of a chargeable development, prior to the commencement of that chargeable development 
• a valid commencement notice (CIL Form 6) being submitted to the Council in respect of a chargeable development, prior to the commencement of that chargeable development.

Retrospective development will not be eligible to pay by instalment. Where an instalment payment is not received in full on or before the day on which it is due, the unpaid balance of the CIL liability becomes payable in full immediately.

Please read the details in your Demand Notice for information on how to pay us. If you have a payment query, please email CIL@waverley.gov.uk

If payment is not made on time, the council will use measures within CIL Regulations to recover any outstanding CIL owed.

These measures penalise late payment and discourage future non-compliance and include, but are not limited to:

• The loss of an ability to pay by instalment (where applicable)
• The application of late payment interest
• The application of late payment surcharges
• The progression of CIL Stop Notice procedures.

For more detailed information about the enforcement measures available to the council, please see our Enforcement Note:

CIL Enforcement Note

Our developer contributions database will show the money collected through CIL and how the money will be spent. You can also view S106 contributions on the site:

Developer contributions database

The Infrastructure Funding Statement is published annually, and provides a summary of all financial and non-financial developer contributions relating to S106s and CIL within Waverley. It includes a statement of infrastructure projects that Waverley Borough Council intends to be, or may be, wholly or partly funded by CIL.

We have an Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) which sets out the infrastructure required to support planned growth in Waverley, as well as the cost and phasing of delivery:

• Infrastructure Delivery Plan (December 2016)
  • Infrastructure Delivery Schedule Update (July 2021)

We did not collect any CIL receipts during the financial year 2018-2019. This is because we implemented CIL on 1 March 2019.

The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No.2) Regulations 2019 came into force on 1 September 2019. Under these regulations, Infrastructure Funding Statements (IFS) will replace CIL Regulation 123 Lists as the mechanism through which projects are identified for CIL funding.

The IFS will be published annually, and provide a summary of all financial and non-financial developer contributions relating to S106s and CIL within Waverley. It will include a statement of infrastructure projects that Waverley Borough Council intends to be, or may be, wholly or partly funded by CIL.

• 2022/23 Infrastructure Funding Statement
• 2021/22 Infrastructure Funding Statement
• 2020/21 Infrastructure Funding Statement
• 2019/20 Infrastructure Funding Statement

Town and Parish Councils must also prepare a CIL report, for any financial year in which they receive CIL receipts.

To understand how you can apply for CIL monies to fund infrastructure, visit our page on bidding for CIL money.

We undertook two consultations on the proposed CIL charges, and submitted the CIL Draft Charging Schedule to the Planning Inspectorate for examination on 11 May 2018. Mr Philip Staddon BSc, Dip, MBA, MRTPI conducted the Examination Hearing on 17 July 2018.

We received the Inspector's Report on 1 October 2018. It recommended that Waverley's CIL Charging Schedule should be approved.

The CIL Charging Schedule and associated policies were adopted on 31 October 2018 at a meeting of the full Council. The Charging Schedule came into effect on 1 March 2019.