We are bound by the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) regulations in how we calculate and apply CIL, including the granting of reliefs or exemptions.
Where CIL charges are payable, they are non-negotiable. It is the responsibility of developers and landowners to understand and adhere to the requirements set out in the CIL regulations. Failure to do so may result in additional costs arising from surcharges and the loss of any benefit from reliefs, exemptions, or our instalments policy.
Who is liable for CIL
Landowners are ultimately liable for the levy, but anyone involved in a development can assume liability to pay.
See the CIL procedure and forms page for an overview of the application process and the forms you need to submit, including exemption/relief forms.
Developments liable for CIL
A development will be liable to pay CIL if:
- it is of a type and location for which a rate has been set in the Haringey Charging Schedule or the Mayor of London’s Charging Schedule
- it includes a building into which people normally go
- the increase in floorspace of the completed development will be at least 100 square metres
- it is creating 1 or more new dwellings, even where the floorspace is less than 100 square metres
- it creates net additional floorspace where the gross internal area (GIA) of the new build exceeds 100 square metres
A development may also be liable for CIL if it involves the change of use of a building that has been unused for a period of time.
Developments exempt from CIL
A development will be exempt from paying CIL if it:
- is not a new dwelling and is less than 100 square metres
- is eligible for a self-build exemption and the relevant claim form has been submitted
- is for a structure or building into which people:
- do not usually go, for example, pylons, wind turbines
- go into only intermittently for maintenance, for example, plant rooms
- is just a change of use with no additional floorspace and the former use has been lawful and in continuous use for a period of at least 6 months over the past 3 years, ending on the day the planning permission first permits the development
- consists of mezzanine floors of less than 200 square metres added into an existing building, unless this forms part of a wider planning permission which does attract CIL
- is a change of use from a single dwelling to 2 or more separate dwellings
- is for affordable housing, charitable purposes or it is self-build housing. If your proposed development is for any of these purposes, please note that you will be required to formally apply for CIL relief using the appropriate forms
- results in a CIL liability of less than £50