Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

The Community Infrastructure Levy is a levy charged against the applicable land owner or developer and must be paid to the local council - in respect of new planning permission for development, granted after CIL came into effect for the LPA.

Why work with us? 

We are an experienced group of award-winning property taxation specialists who are passionate about helping businesses and individuals with their property tax. While CIL isn’t technically a tax, it began in 2010, and we have made it our mission since the self build exemptions were introduced in 2014 to assist developers and homeowners find a pathway through this perilous levy so you aren’t caught out by its strict, and uncompromising procedural nature. Investing in experience and knowledge from the beginning of your project can save you thousands down the line, reduce your CIL liability and avoid unnecessary stress and anxiety.

CIL is extremely time sensitive and once you have begun your development project it could be too late, so act fast and contact our friendly team and see how we can help you. 

Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) are not perfect and even they can make mistakes when it comes to CIL. Take the fear out of planning and rely on our industry knowledge, with the understanding that we will do all that we can to support you through the process. We also help undertake reviews of CIL liabilities as well as raising formal challenges and appeals on particular technical aspects, or to correct errors made by the LPAs… we are all human!

Let us take the anxiety out of planning and speak to one of our CIL advisors today.