North Tyneside Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

CIL is a tool for Local Authorities to help deliver infrastructure to support the development of their area. The CIL allows Local Authorities to charge a tariff, at a locally set rate, on many types of new development. This money can then be used to support a range of infrastructure including wider strategic infrastructure needs identified as part of the Local Plan, not just the specific impacts of each development.
To date the Council has carried out two stages of consultation on the CIL;
• the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule (PDCS) early in 2017, set out the Council’s initial proposals for the type of development that could be subject to a CIL charge, the proposed charging rates and potential geographic charging zones, and
• Draft Charging Schedule (DCS) in autumn 2017,

Notification for both consultations included direct notification by email or letter to stakeholders and others on the planning policy consultation database. Notice was also placed on the Council’s website.
All consultation documents were available on the Council’s website with paper copies available at Quadrant and the main libraries.
In addition for the DCS notification of the public consultation was also advertised in the local press and a workshop was arranged with representatives from the development industry.
PDCS – There were nine respondents to the earlier consultation, each were acknowledged. No fundamental issues with the proposed approach, no significant changes required to the types of development identified or the Charging Zones. Responses from residents were concerned with infrastructure delivery at Murton Gap, and the other respondents were from parties associated with housing or retail development and other key stakeholders (e.g. Nexus and Historic England). A full consultation report can be found below.
DCS – Another small response rate (10 respondents) that were all from the development industry or stakeholder bodies. Respondents highlighted a range of concerns from viability and delivery of infrastructure with the preference to maintain the current s106 process of delivering infrastructure. The calculations within the viability report were questioned and the average floor space of a home on the strategic sites should be increased from 90sqm to 105sqm per home. This would require a review of the charging rates incorporating any changes to the Regulation 123 List e.g. land costs for the development of a secondary school. The authority would like to thank everyone who shared their views as part of this engagement exercise.