Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 Agreements

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge on new development which contributes to the provision of infrastructure or refurbishment of existing provision to support the additional burden new development makes on both local and strategic infrastructure. Somerset East (former Mendip district area) do not charge CIL .

Section 106 Agreements

Section 106 agreements are used to make a development proposal acceptable in planning terms, that would not otherwise be acceptable, and are focused on the mitigation of site specific impacts.

In areas applying Community Infrastructure Levy, Section 106 Agreements will still exist but will be scaled back to deal mainly with the provision of affordable housing and with predominantly site specific measures that are required to mitigate the impact of development. In addition, there may be circumstances where a development proposal results in the loss of an existing facility or site feature and the council may require the replacement of that facility or site feature either directly by the developer or through a financial contribution that would be set out in a Section 106 Agreement. It is therefore entirely possible for a development to have a Section 106 Agreement in place and also have to pay Community Infrastructure Levy.

Infrastructure Funding Statements must be published each year by the Council presenting the amount of money that have been received through Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 Agreements and how it has been spent.

For further information see related pages.