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Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) - Form 1: CIL Additional Information
Following the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) all applicants for full planning permission, including householder
applications and reserved matters following an outline planning permission, and applicants for lawful development certificates are required
to provide the following information.
Please read the associated Guidance Note before you complete the form. This and additional per-question help can be viewed at:
Applicant or Agent Name:
1. Application Details
Planning Portal Reference (if applicable):
Local authority planning application number (if allocated):
Site Address:
Description of development:
Please complete the form using block capitals and black ink and send to the Collecting Authority.
for guidance on CIL generally, including exemption or relief.See
Privacy Notice
This form is provided by Planning Portal and based on the requirements provided by Government for the sole purpose of submitting
information to a Local Authority in accordance with the 'The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended)'.
Please be aware that once you have downloaded this form, Planning Portal will have no access to the form or the data you enter into it
(unless you choose to upload it to any Planning Portal online service in agreement with the relevant terms and conditions). Any subsequent
use of this form is solely at your discretion, including the choice to complete and submit it to a Local Authority with the declaration section.
Upon receipt of this form and any supporting information, it is the responsibility of the Local Authority to inform you of its obligations in
regards to the processing of this information. Please refer to its website for further information on any legal, regulatory and commercial
requirements relating to information security and data protection of the information you have provided.
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Determining whether a Development may be CIL Liable - For submission with Planning Application
Please note: This version of the form should only be used for submissions relating to planning applications in England.
There is a legacy version of the form for use in Wales:
https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/1app/cil_guidance.pdf
Planning Practice Guidance for CIL
Download the legacy version of this form
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4. Liability for CIL
a) Does the application include new build development (including extensions and replacement) of 100 square metres gross internal area
or above?
NoYes
b) Does the application include creation of one or more new dwellings (including residential annexes) either through new build or
conversion (except the conversion of a single dwelling house into two or more separate dwellings with no additional gross internal area
created)?
NoYes
If you answered 'Yes' to either a) or b), please go to Question 5
If you answered 'No' to both a) and b), you can skip to Question 8
a) Does the application seek to remove or vary conditions on an existing planning permission (i.e. Is it a Section 73 application)?
b) Please enter the application reference number
Yes
If 'Yes', please complete the rest of this question
No
If 'No', you can skip to Question 3
2. Applications to Remove or Vary Conditions on an Existing Planning Permission
c) Does the application involve a change in the amount or use of new build development, where the total (including that previously
granted planning permission) is over 100 square metres gross internal area?
Yes No
d) Does the application involve a change in the amount of gross internal area where one or more new dwellings (including residential
annexes) are to be created, either through new build or conversion (except the conversion of a single dwelling house into two or more
separate dwellings with no additional gross internal area created)?
NoYes
If you answered 'Yes' to either c) or d), please go to Question 5
If you answered 'No' to both c) and d), you can skip to Question 8
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3. Reserved Matters Applications
a) Does the application relate to details or reserved matters on an existing permission that was granted prior to the introduction of the CIL
charge in the relevant local authority area?
If you answered 'Yes' to a), you can skip to Question 8
If you answered 'No' to a), please go to Question 4
b) Please enter the application reference number
No
If 'No', you can skip to Question 4
Yes
If 'Yes', please complete the rest of this question
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5. Exemption or Relief
a) Is the site owned by a charity where the development will be wholly or mainly for charitable purposes, and the development will be
either occupied by or under the control of a charitable institution?
NoYes
b) Does the proposed development include affordable housing which qualifies for mandatory or discretionary Social Housing relief?
NoYes
If you answered 'Yes' to either a) or b), please note that you will need to complete 'CIL Form 10: Charitable and/or Social Housing Relief
Claim'. The form must be submitted to the Collecting Authority, and any relief must be granted by them, prior to the commencement of
the development. Otherwise the full CIL charge will be payable.
All CIL Forms are available from:
c) Do you wish to claim a self build exemption for a whole new home?
Yes No
If you have answered 'Yes' to c), please note that you will need to complete 'CIL Form 7: Self Build Exemption Claim - Part 1'. This form
must be submitted to the Collecting Authority, and any exemption must be granted by them, prior to the commencement of the
development. Otherwise the full CIL charge will be payable.
d) Do you wish to claim an exemption for a residential annex or extension?
Yes No
If you have answered 'Yes' to d), please note that you will need to complete either 'CIL Form 8: Residential Annex Exemption Claim' or
'CIL Form 9: Residential Extension Exemption Claim'. The relevant form must be submitted to the Collecting Authority, and any exemption
must be granted by them, prior to the commencement of the development. Otherwise the full CIL charge will be payable.
A Commencement (of development) Notice (CIL Form 6) must also be received by the Collecting Authority prior to the commencement
of the development otherwise:
- If your CIL Liability Notice was issued on or after 1 September 2019
A surcharge equal to 20% of the notional CIL chargeable amount or £2,500, whichever is the lower amount, will be incurred; or
- If your CIL Liability Notice was issued prior to 1 September 2019
The relief previously granted will be rescinded and the full levy charge will be payable.
You will also need to complete 'CIL Form 10: Charitable and/or Social Housing Relief Claim' if you think you are eligible for discretionary
charitable relief, or discretionary social housing relief (if this is available in your area).
If you wish to claim exceptional circumstances relief, and if the charging authority have made exceptional circumstances relief available in
their area (please check their website for details), you will need to complete ‘CIL Form 11: Exceptional Circumstances Relief Claim’. The
form must be submitted to the Collecting Authority, AND any relief must be granted by them, prior to the commencement of the
development. Otherwise the full CIL charge will be payable.
A Commencement (of development) Notice (CIL Form 6) must also be received by the Collecting Authority prior to the commencement
of the development otherwise:
- If your CIL Liability Notice was issued on or after 1 September 2019
A surcharge equal to 20% of the notional CIL chargeable amount or £2,500, whichever is the lower amount, will be incurred; or
- If your CIL Liability Notice was issued prior to 1 September 2019
The exemption previously granted will be rescinded and the full levy charge will be payable.
All CIL Forms are available from:
In respect of a residential annex, a Commencement (of development) Notice (CIL Form 6) must also be received by the Collecting Authority
prior to the commencement of the development otherwise:
- If your CIL Liability Notice was issued on or after 1 September 2019
A surcharge equal to 20% of the notional CIL chargeable amount or £2,500, whichever is the lower amount, will be incurred; or
- If your CIL Liability Notice was issued prior to 1 September 2019
The exemption previously granted will be rescinded and the full levy charge will be payable.
All CIL Forms are available from:
www.planningportal.co.uk/cil
www.planningportal.co.uk/cil
www.planningportal.co.uk/cil
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Development type
(i) Existing gross internal
area (square metres)
(ii) Gross internal area to be
lost by change of use or
demolition (square metres)
(iii) Total gross internal area
proposed (including change
of use, basements, and
ancillary buildings) (square
metres)
(iv)Net additional gross
internal area following
development (square
metres)
(iv) = (iii) - (ii)
Market Housing (if known)
Social Housing, including
shared ownership housing
(if known)
Total residential
Total non-residential
Grand total
If yes, please complete the table in section 6c below, providing the requested information, including the gross internal area relating to
new dwellings, extensions, conversions, garages or any other buildings ancillary to residential use.
NoYes
a) Does the application involve new residential development (including new dwellings, extensions, conversions/changes of use, garages,
basements or any other buildings ancillary to residential use)?
6. Proposed New Gross Internal Area
Please note, conversion of a single dwelling house into two or more separate dwellings (without extending them) is not liable for CIL.
If this is the sole purpose of your development proposal, you should answer ‘No’ to Question 4b above.
b) Does the application involve new non-residential development?
NoYes
If yes, please complete the table in section 6c below, using the information from your planning application.
c) Proposed gross internal area:
7. Existing Buildings
a) How many existing buildings on the site will be retained, demolished or partially demolished as part of the development proposed?
Number of buildings:
b) Please state for each existing building/part of an existing building that is to be retained or demolished, the gross internal area that is to
be retained and/or demolished and whether all or part of each building has been in use for a continuous period of at least six months
within the past thirty six months. Any existing buildings into which people do not usually go or only go into intermittently for the
purposes of inspecting or maintaining plant or machinery, or which were granted temporary planning permission should not be included
here, but should be included in the table in section 7c.
Brief description of existing
building/part of existing
building to be retained or
demolished.
Gross
internal
area (sqm)
to be
retained.
Proposed use of retained
gross internal area.
Gross
internal area
(sqm) to be
demolished.
Was the building or part
of the building occupied
for its lawful use for 6
continuous months of
the 36 previous months
(excluding temporary
permissions)?
1 Yes No
2 Yes No
3 Yes No
4 Yes No
Total floorspace
Date:
or
Still in use:
When was the building
last occupied for its
lawful use?
Please enter the date
(dd/mm/yyyy) or tick
still in use.
Date:
or
Still in use:
Date:
or
Still in use:
Date:
or
Still in use:
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7. Existing Buildings (continued)
c) Does the development proposal include the retention, demolition or partial demolition of any whole buildings which people do not
usually go into or only go into intermittently for the purposes of inspecting or maintaining plant or machinery, or which were
granted planning permission for a temporary period?
Brief description of existing building (as per above
description) to be retained or demolished.
Gross internal
area (sqm) to
be retained
Proposed use of retained gross internal area
Gross internal
area (sqm) to
be demolished
1
2
3
4
Total of which people do not normally go into, only go
intermittently to inspect or maintain plant or machinery,
or which was granted temporary planning permission
d) If the development proposal involves the conversion of an existing building, will it be creating a new mezzanine floor within the
existing building?
Yes No
If Yes, how much of the gross internal area proposed will be created by the mezzanine floor?
Use
Mezzanine gross
internal area (sqm)
If yes, please complete the following table:
NoYes
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8. Declaration
I/we confirm that the details given are correct.
Name:
Date (DD/MM/YYYY). Date cannot be pre-application:
It is an offence for a person to knowingly or recklessly supply information which is false or misleading in a material respect to a collecting
or charging authority in response to a requirement under the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations (2010) as amended (regulation
110, SI 2010/948). A person guilty of an offence under this regulation may face unlimited fines, two years imprisonment, or both.
For local authority use only
Application reference:
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