Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 14
14
Acknowledged
Complex patchwork of CIL coverage and charging schedules across England lacks transparency.
Conclusion
Around half of local planning authorities have adopted CIL, and its uptake has remained broadly unchanged for several years. There has been little progress towards addressing the complex patchwork of CIL coverage and charging schedules across England in the years since the 2016 CIL Review Group report. This complexity is further exacerbated by a lack of transparency of coverage, as the Government does not publish regular data on which local authorities are charging CIL and at what rates. It is likely that the Ministry already holds this data centrally. (Conclusion, Paragraph 79)
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
CIL is a locally-set rate, and charging authorities must publish a charging schedule on their website which sets out their CIL rates. The Government considers these the most appropriate information sources for CIL. Rates can vary within CIL-charging authorities based on a development’s scale and location, making side-by-side comparisons between LPAs difficult. Further, given different rates may apply to different types of development (e.g. residential versus office or retail), and these are not necessary consistently defined across LPAs, there are risks involved in presenting collated data in a way which may lead to unfair comparisons. The Government therefore intends to publish a map of CIL coverage in England, alongside a list of CIL charging authorities in England by region, without accompanying information on rates, given the risks this would entail.
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