CIL Charging Policy

Allocations from the Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF) are currently restricted to the four thematic groups as agreed within the Greater Norwich adopted Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging policy. These are Community (which includes sports), Education, Green Infrastructure and Transport.

When CIL was initially adopted, local authorities were required to report a Regulation 123 list confirming the infrastructure thematic groups which were considered within their CIL charging calculations and therefore the groups to which CIL can be reallocated to.

The need for this list was withdrawn by legislation from September 2019, but this does not automatically allow other groups to apply to the IIF because the Greater Norwich authorities are still adhering to their locally adopted CIL charging policy.

The Greater Norwich Growth Board understand the funding pressures that other infrastructure thematic groups are experiencing and were planning to undertake a review of CIL alongside the development of the Greater Norwich Local Plan. However, this was put on hold following the publication of the Planning For The Future - White Paper in August 2020, which proposed the cessation of CIL in favour of a new Infrastructure Levy (IL). This change was reconfirmed over subsequent years and a framework for its implementation was included within the Levelling up and Regeneration Act. 

More recently, the new Labour government's National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024) made it clear that it will not be implementing the new IL, but the Government are yet to release any further details. The Greater Norwich partners will work together to carefully consider the timing and approach for conducting a CIL review, but until this is complete the GNGB are required to proceed with their existing adopted CIL charging policy.