CIL Review and Appeals

If you disagree with how the council has calculated the chargeable amount, you may be able to request a review of appeal. 

Review

A request to review the calculation of the chargeable amount may be submitted to the council within 28 days of the issuing of the liability notice (CIL Regulation 113). To request a review, please contact Developer.Contributions@Wokingham.gov.uk. Information can also be found on your Liability Notice.

Appeals

If you are not satisfied by the review process, you may appeal the calculation or the chargeable amount.

Appeals on the chargeable amount (CIL Regulation 114, 115, 116, 116A and 116B) should be submitted to the Valuation Office Agency on a form provided by the agency. View more information on how to make an appeal to the Valuation Office Agency on the GOV.UK website.

You can appeal to the Valuation Office Agency if you disagree with:

• the collecting authority’s calculation of the chargeable amount (a Regulation 114 appeal)
• the collecting authority’s apportionment of a CIL charge between different landowners in ‘default’ cases (a Regulation 115 appeal)
• the collecting authority’s determination of the value of the interest in land in respect of which charitable relief was claimed (a Regulation 116 appeal)
• the collecting authority’s decision not to grant exemption for a residential annex because the annex is not wholly within the curtilage of the main dwelling (a Regulation 116A appeal)
• the collecting authority’s calculation of the amount of the exemption for self-build housing (a Regulation 116B appeal)

VOA Appeal Information

• VOA Appeal Form- How to
• VOA Appeal Process

Appeals relating to the enforcement of CIL including surcharges, deemed commencement and stop notices (CIL Regulations 117, 118 and 119) should be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate. View more information on how to make an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate on the GOV.UK website.

You may appeal against a surcharge on the following grounds:

• the claimed breach which led to the imposition of the surcharge did not occur;
• the collecting authority did not serve a liability notice in respect of the chargeable development to which the surcharge relates; or
• that the surcharge has been calculated incorrectly.
• appealing against a surcharge will suspend its effect until the Planning Inspectorate has decided the appeal in question.

You may appeal against the council’s determination of the deemed commencement date (CIL Regulation 118).

You may appeal against the issue of a CIL stop notice (Regulation 119) where:

• the collecting authority did not serve a warning notice before imposing the CIL stop notice; or
• the development for which the CIL stop notice was imposed has not commenced.

Make your appeal by filling in the appeal form.

See the guide on how to complete your appeal form.