Response Mayor’s planning guidance on Community Infrastructure Levy

Our Planning Committee calls on the Mayor to lobby the Government for extra guidance to ensure successful introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) across London boroughs.

The Mayor has adopted a London-wide CIL to raise £300m toward the cost of the Crossrail project and boroughs now also have the option to impose a levy on developers to help fund local infrastructure projects.

In a formal consultation response to the Mayor’s draft Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on the use of planning obligations in funding Crossrail and the Mayoral CIL, which also addresses the borough level CIL, the Committee recommends the guidance go further and provides concrete advice to ensure boroughs:

• set appropriate CIL levels,
• work together on cross-borough projects
• ensure raising funds via CIL does not come a the expense of Section 106 agreements securing affordable housing.

The Committee also calls on the Mayor to lobby the Government for further guidance to ensure the successful introduction of CIL in London.

Read the response