Poole Community Infrastructure Levy
Prior to the formation of BCP Council the former Borough of Poole Council approved the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule which took effect from 21 February 2019.
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 Poole area from 1 January 2025 and 1 January 2026.
Poole area 2025 and 2026 Indexation Rates
| Use | Zones | Charge per square metre - 2017 base rate | Charge per square metre - 2025 year rate | Charge per square metre - 2026 year rate | Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential (use class C3) excluding retirement | A | £230 | £282.80 | £289.31 | Lilliput/ Branksome Park, Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs |
| Residential (use class C3) excluding retirement | B(i) | £60 | £73.77 | £75.47 | Poole town centre excluding Twin Sails Regeneration Area |
| Residential (use class C3) excluding retirement | B(ii) | £0 | £0 | £0 | Poole town centre Twin Sails Regeneration Area |
| Residential (use class C3) excluding retirement | C | £115 | £141.40 | £144.65 | Central Poole and North Poole |
| Residential retirement housing (within use class C2) and assisted living housing (within use class C3) | A | £115 | £141.40 | £144.65 | Lilliput/ Branksome Park, Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs |
| Retail (use class A1) | D(i) | £0 | £0 | £0 | Poole town centre, district centres, local centres and neighbourhood parades |
| Retail (use class A1) | D(ii) | £200 | £245.91 | £251.57 | All parts of the borough outside of Poole town centre, district centres, local centres and neighbourhood parades |
| All other development | £0 | £0 | £0 |
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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 This approach was superseded through the preparation of the Infrastructure Funding Statement, which sets out the CIL and planning obligations and where they are spent.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.