Most of the publicity around CIL has been centred on liability and issues such as those relating to what kind of development will be caught. But of course there is the other side to the coin. From the point of view of local planning authorities, and infrastructure providers, one of the benefits of CIL will be that it is better placed to gather in funds to meet the cost or part of the cost of regional infrastructure which under the s 106 regime is more difficult to cover. The statutory definition of infrastructure includes for example "medical facilities" so that we can expect more health service providers to be lobbying for CIL in their area - and to influence the amount which is recovered through CIL and for what purposes.
Although not many local authorities have yet declared interest in bringing in CIL, once it is appreciated that the CIL package includes restrictions on the use of section 106 to recover anything more than is strictly necessary to allow the development (see earlier post on this topic), CIL will become more attractive since the alternative may in some areas be a severe reduction in s 106 receipts
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