Christchurch Community Infrastructure Levy
Prior to the formation of BCP Council the former Christchurch Borough Council in partnership with East Dorset District Council formally approved the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule which took effect in January 2017.
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 Christchurch area from 1 January 2025 and 1 January 2026.
Christchurch area 2025 and 2026 Indexation Rates
| Development type | Charge per square metre - 2017 base rate | Charge per square metre - 2025 calendar year rate | Charge per square metre - 2026 calendar year rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential (more than 10 units) | £70 | £95.70 | £97.90 |
| Residential (10 units or less or less than 1,000 floorspace) | £150 | £205.07 | £209.79 |
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Residential on the following new neighbourhood sites (allocated in the Core Strategy) which provide their own Suitable Alternative Green Space (SANG) as mitigation for European sites Roeshot Hill/Christchurch Urban Extension (CN1) - 950 dwellings and Land South of Burton Village (CN2) - 45 dwellings |
£0 | £0 | £0 |
| Residential on sites of 40 or more dwellings where on site SANG is required by the local planning authority | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Extra care housing and housing for vulnerable people (developments that comprise self-contained homes with design features and support services available to enable self-care and independent living) | £40 | £54.68 | £55.94 |
| Hotels | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Care Homes | £40 | £54.68 | £55.94 |
| Offices | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Light industrial/warehousing | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Convenience retail | £110 | £150.38 | £153.85 |
| Comparison retail | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Public serve and community facilities | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Standard charge (all other uses not covered) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
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 This approach was superseded through the preparation of the Infrastructure Funding Statement, which sets out the CIL and planning obligations and where they are spent.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.