Growing Stronger Communities Together
In April 2010 a new way of collecting developer contributions to help fund infrastructure projects was introduced. The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) allows local authorities to charge a tariff, at a locally set rate, on many types of new development. The money can then be used to pay for a wide range of additional infrastructure that is required as a result of development. In Greater Norwich this can include transport schemes, green infrastructure, schools and community facilities.
Charging schedules were produced jointly by Broadland District Council, Norwich City Council and South Norfolk Council, working together with Norfolk County Council. Each of the district councils is the “Charging Authority” for their area.
The Examination into the Charging Schedules for Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk was undertaken as a Joint Examination under Regulation 22 of the Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
The examination was undertaken by Mr Keith Holland, BA (HONS) DIPTP MRTPI ARICS, an independent planning inspector provided by the Planning Inspectorate.
The Programme Officer for this examination was Annette Feeney, who acted as an impartial officer of the Examination under the Examiner’s direction and not an employee of the Council.
Examination hearings were held on 16 and 17 October 2012 and the Examiner’s Report was received on 4 December 2012.
On Friday 10 August 2012 Broadland District Council, Norwich City Council and South Norfolk Council submitted their Draft Charging Schedules and supporting documents to the Planning Inspectorate for independent joint examination (under Regulation 22 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010 (as amended)).
A number of documents form the Community Infrastructure Levy Document Library. The library contains all the submission documents but also includes national planning policy, evidence documents and other documents which informed the preparation of the CIL Draft Charging Schedules. The full list is available here. All documents are referenced and can be located in the document library here.
In response to representations received under Regulation 17, Broadland District Council, Norwich City Council and South Norfolk Council produced Statements of Modifications, setting out the changes the being made to the Draft Charging Schedules. These Statements were published on Monday 6 August 2012.
The Statements of Modifications can be viewed below:
Responses received following the publication of the Statements of Modifications can be viewed below:
Highways Agency Statement of Modifications Response Size: 11 KB – Date: 01/09/2012
In accordance with Section 212 of the Planning Act 2008 and Regulations 16 and 17 of The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended), the Partnership published the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedules for Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk from Monday 6 February 2012 until 5pm on Monday 5 March 2012.
The published documents can be viewed below.
A schedule of representations received, with an officer response, and a report of consultation are available to view below.
All representations received can be found in the document library by searching for reference DCS.
Preliminary Draft Charging Schedules for the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk, were published under the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2011 and comments were invited on these Schedules over a six-week period from Monday 3 October 2011 until Monday 14 November 2011.
In order to comply with the regulations, three separate Preliminary Draft Charging Schedules were published for comment. The only difference in the schedules related to the geographical charging zones for residential development, Norwich is entirely in Zone A and Broadland and South Norfolk include areas in both Zone A and Zone B.
Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule Consultation Reports:
All representations received can be found in the document library by searching for reference CIL.