CIL is short for Community Infrastructure Levy. The Community Infrastructure Levy is a new charge on development, which in Oxford, will be set by the City Council to help the funding of infrastructure. The levy will allow the City Council to raise, and pool contributions from developers to pay for transport, leisure and open spaces, district heating systems, schools and other infrastructure needed to support new development.

So YES! It is important for all of us!  CIL is expected to have a positive economic effect on development in the medium to long term.

For more information on CIL, and to see the draft preliminary charging schedule,  click here

A comments form can be completed online by going to www.oxford.gov.uk/consultation, and clicking on the Community Infrastructure Levy – Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule.

It would be good to see some of this money being distributed to local communities….