Bidding for CIL money

The CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended) state that we must spend Strategic CIL funds on 'the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure necessary to support growth'.

Strategic CIL is intended to focus on the provision of new infrastructure and should not be used to remedy pre-existing deficiencies in infrastructure provision unless those deficiencies will be made more severe by new development.

The Planning Act 2008 prescribes that infrastructure includes:

• roads and other transport facilities
• flood defences
• schools and educational facilities
• medical facilities
• sporting, recreational facilities and open spaces.

Waverley will spend strategic CIL in accordance with this definition.

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)

The IDP is a living document, and during Summer 2024 an updated schedule will be made available on this webpage to reflect changes to its delivery.

The amount of strategic CIL funds available is viewable on our developer contributions database.

Developer contributions database - CIL

The Council’s process for allocating Strategic CIL monies is currently being reviewed and further information will be posted on this webpage as soon as it is available.

If you wish to discuss whether your project would be eligible for Strategic CIL funding, please contact the CIL team: CIL@waverley.gov.uk

All your personal information will be held and used in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). For details of how we gather, define and use your information, please see our privacy notice.

Projects allocated strategic CIL funding in past bidding cycles are available to view on our developer contributions database, under the 'Strategic Allocated' or 'Strategic Spent' sections.

Developer contribution database - CIL

You will need to contact the relevant town or parish council directly to understand how they are choosing to allocate and spend their Neighbourhood CIL.

We would welcome discussions with town and parish councils on potential opportunities to combine neighbourhood CIL funds with strategic CIL funds in order to finance infrastructure projects.

Waverley Borough Council is responsible for making the final decision on the allocation of all Strategic CIL funds. The CIL Executive Working Group will make recommendations for spending to be made. There is no right of appeal against decisions on the allocation of Strategic CIL funding. The Strategic CIL Bidding process is highly competitive and not all applications will be successful in receiving CIL funding.

It is not necessary for the CIL Executive Working Group to recommend that all CIL funds available are allocated. If schemes are not deemed high priority, the strategic CIL funds will not be allocated and will be reserved for the next strategic CIL bidding cycle.

The Council’s process for allocating Strategic CIL monies is currently being reviewed and further information will be posted on this webpage as soon as it is available.

Groups interested in preparing a proposal(s) for Strategic CIL are strongly encouraged to contact the CIL Team at CIL@waverley.gov.uk