Last updated:
2nd February 2024
Demand notice
Once we have received the Commencement Notice we will send a Demand Notice (Invoice) to the person that has assumed liability for the charge.
This Notice will contain the due date for the payment of Community Infrastructure Levy and the payable dates if the payment can be made in instalments.
If the payment is not made by the date given on the Demand Notice there will be a penalty surcharge. Payment dates are not flexible and are enforceable through the Courts.
Payment of Community Infrastructure Levy
When we've received payment in full the Community Infrastructure Charge will be removed from the Land Charges Register.
Community Infrastructure can be paid in instalments - see below:
- Community Infrastructure Levy Instalment Policy (PDF document)
- Community Infrastructure Levy Indexation (PDF document)
We will issue a receipt for each payment received.
Pay a demand notice
Use our online payment system to pay your demand notice online.
Enforcement
The process and forms are prescribed by the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010.
There are surcharges and penalties if these are not strictly followed.
Failure to assume liability before starting development can result in surcharges between £50 and £500 per landowner who has an interest in the land.
Anyone failing to submit a Commencement Notice or comply with an Information Notice can be given a mandatory penalty of 20 percent of the chargeable amount or £2,500, whatever is lower.
Appeal
Appeals are only possible for the following:
- Incorrectly calculated amount of Community Infrastructure Levy - before making the appeal developer must first request an internal review by us
- Incorrectly allocated liability between landowners
- Incorrectly determined Charitable Relief
- Incorrectly determined that the development is not wholly within the curtilage of the main dwelling for residential annexes
- Incorrectly determined value of the exemption for self build schemes
- Incorrectly applied surcharges
- Development flagged as starting when it hadn't started
- Incorrectly issued Stop Notice for non-payment
Appeals normally need to be submitted and determined before development starts and within 28 days of our decision. Except for Liability Notices where a review by us must be made within 28 days and the appeal within 60 days.
For further information on CIL appeals, see the appeals against CIL decisions document below.
