Bournemouth Community Infrastructure Levy
Prior to the formation of BCP Council the former Bournemouth Borough Council approved the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule which took effect on 1 March 2016.
Since 2020 the RICS Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Index (Prepared by BCIS), published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, has been used to calculate CIL liability in accordance with Schedule 1 of the CIL (Amendment) Regulations 2019. The table below shows how indexation will affect CIL for developments granted planning permission in the Bournemouth area from 1 January 2025 and 1 January 2026.
| Development type | Charge per square metre - 2016 base rate | Charge per square metre - 2025 calendar year rate | Charge per square metre - 2026 calendar year rate |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Residential development (including retirement and extra care housing) outside the Town Centre Area Action Plan (AAP) area |
£70 |
£101 |
£103.32 |
|
Residential development (including retirement and extra care housing inside the Town Centre AAP area) |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Offices |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Light industrial/warehousing |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Student accommodation |
£40 |
£57.71 |
£59.04 |
|
Comparison Retail inside the Town Centre AAP area |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Comparison Retail outside the Town Centre AAP area |
£250 |
£360.70 |
£369 |
|
Large scale Convenience Retail/ supermarkets inside the Town Centre AAP area |
£250 |
£360.70 |
£369 |
|
Large scale Convenience Retail/ supermarkets outside the Town Centre AAP area |
£250 |
£360.70 |
£369 |
|
Small scale Convenience Retail inside the Town Centre AAP area |
£134 |
£193.34 |
£197.78 |
|
Small scale Convenience Retail outside the Town Centre AAP area |
£134 |
£193.34 |
£197.78 |
|
Hotels |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Mixed leisure |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Public service and community facilities |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Other (standard charge uses) |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
For development type definitions and boundary of Town Centre AAP area please see the Bournemouth CIL Charging Schedule.
You can view our instalment policy, payment in kind policy and discretionary relief statement, effective from 1 September 2022.
In support of CIL charging schedules we used to set out the types of projects that CIL monies and planning obligations would be spend upon, in what were known as the Regulation 123 List. This approach was superseded through the preparation of the Infrastructure Funding Statement, which sets out the CIL and planning obligations and where they are spent. We have reported on the collection and spend since we formed in 2019, in the Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) from:
- 2019 to 2020
- 2020 to 2021
- 2021 to 2022
- 2022 to 2023
- 2023 to 2024 - due to be published in December 2025
Strategic CIL spending priorities for 2025 to 2030 were agreed by Cabinet in March 2025.