Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule Review

CIL is a planning charge introduced by the Planning Act 2008 as a tool for local authorities in England and Wales to help deliver infrastructure, facilities and services needed to support the development of their area.

We have been operating a CIL since 2013 and we are currently in the process of reviewing the charging schedule. 

We  published the CIL Draft Charging Schedule and supporting evidence documents for statutory consultation from 30 April to 11 June 2025.  

On 28 November 2025, the CIL Draft Charging Schedule and associated evidence documents were submitted for independent examination. This was under Regulation 19 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended). 

Read the Statement of Fact for further details.

Examination details

An independent examiner has been appointed to examine the draft charging schedule. A public examination hearing will be held as follows:

Date: Thursday, 26 February 2026
Start time: 10am 
Location: Croydon Town Hall, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR0 1NX
Examiner: Mr Derek Stebbing BA(Hons) DipEP MRTPI

In accordance with Regulation 21 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended), CIL Examination: Right to Be Heard, those who have made a representation, or made a request to be heard at a public hearing were issued with the following public notice:

Download the public notice CIL charging schedule review - examination update (PDF, 158KB).

Update 13 March 2026

At the hearing, the Examiner requested that the Council provide additional information and updates to various examination and submission documents to support the examination in public assessment.

Attendees at the hearing including Sport England and the East Coulsdon Resident Association were also invited to provided additional information in support of their position.

Documents submitted to the Examiner for consideration post hearing can be found in the examination library (ED-05 to ED-13).

Programme officer

For matters relating to examination procedures please contact Claire Jones-Hughes, Bank Solutions.

You can email bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com or call 0773 778 6425.

Claire Jones-Hughes
Programme Officer
c/o Banks Solutions
64 Lavinia Way
East Preston
West Sussex
BN16 1EF

Examination library

View and download the CIL Draft Charging Schedule submission and examination documents. 

Examination documents

Programme officer notifications

Submission documents

Printed copies of the submission documents are available for inspection at our library branches.