Comment
Draft CIL Consultation Information Booklet
Representation ID: 30936
Received: 09/11/2022
Respondent: Essex County Council
Section 9
ECC seeks clarification on S106 contributions and infrastructure costs used in viability work for CIL.Consultation Information Booklet states- CIL Viability Assessment Update (August 2022) ‘considers impact of CIL charge,in addition to normal development costs and policy and infrastructure requirements in adopted BBC Local Plan 2016-2033,on financial viability of new development in area’.
Viability Assessment Update references both ‘figures based on October 2018 costs’ and ‘indexed to July 2022’ (paragraph 7.30), and ‘IDP January 2021 and subsequently examined and approved through the EIP’ (paragraph 7.36).
Consistent referencing of cost of infrastructure is necessary, rather than two sources of figures.
Section 9 - Evidence base documents - CIL Viability Assessment Update (August 2022)
ECC seeks clarification on the S106 contributions and infrastructure costs used as part of the viability work for the CIL. The CIL Consultation Information Booklet states that the CIL Viability Assessment Update (August 2022) ‘considers the impact of a CIL charge, in addition to normal development costs and policy and infrastructure requirements in adopted BBC Local Plan 2016-2033, on the financial viability of new development in the area’.
However, the Viability Assessment Update makes reference to both the ‘figures based on October 2018 costs’ and then ‘indexed to July 2022’ (paragraph 7.30), and to ‘the IDP as published in January 2021 and subsequently examined and approved through the EIP’ (paragraph 7.36).
Consistent referencing of the cost of infrastructure is necessary, rather than two sources of figures.