What can CIL be spent on?

Administration of the levy

Up to 5 percent will be spent by the borough council on administration.

Where development takes place in an area with a parish council (or neighbourhood forum)

15 to 25 percent will be spent by parish councils on the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure and on anything else that addresses the demands that development places on an area.

Where development takes place in an area without a parish council (or neighbourhood forum)

15 percent will be spent by the borough council on the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure and on anything else that addresses the demands that development places on an area anywhere within their un-parished areas in consultation with the community.

The Infrastructure Fund

The remaining 70 per cent to 80 per cent is spent by the borough council on just the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure.

Each year, as part of our Infrastructure funding statement, we have to publish an infrastructure list. This is a list of projects that the infrastructure fund may be spent on, wholly or in part.

The CIL joint committee

Cheltenham Borough Council’s CIL Infrastructure Fund receipts allocation and spend is administered through the formally created CIL joint committee which we are one of three member councils along with Gloucester City Council and Tewkesbury Borough Council. Tewkesbury Borough Council is the host authority.

For more information on the CIL joint committee, how it operates, opportunities to submit project bids for CIL infrastructure fund receipts, and allocation of receipts to projects please visit the CIL joint committee webpage.

Joint CIL committee