Introduction
At the time of writing in 2023, proposed changes to developer contributions were detailed in Government publications but not yet enacted. The proposed primary legislation is broad in its scope and can be seen in the Government’s Levelling Up Bill. Details on the proposed infrastructure levy and potential secondary legislation can also be found in the Government’s published documentation on its proposed Infrastructure Levy. These changes are likely to take many years to affect Lincolnshire.
The following statements were relevant in 2023 to fulfil the current legal requirements to produce an Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS). Future annual statements (or replacements to statements) will be prepared under the relevant legal framework at that time.
This statement provides relevant summary details of certain types of financial and other contributions we have secured and, or spent for the 2022 to 2023 financial year. This is to fulfil the obligation for all Councils to report annually as set out in the second of the 2019 amendments to the original Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010, under the Planning Act 2008. These regulations are referred to elsewhere in this statement as the 2019(no2) Regulations or simply the Regulations. The summary details primarily relate to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and "section 106 agreements". Information has also been included on agreements under the Highways Act as is optional under the CIL Regulations.
The sections of this statement provide the following to meet Regulation 121A requirements:
- Statement on how future Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is intended to be used to fund infrastructure
- CIL Report, including details on CIL transferred to Lincolnshire County Council to March 2023; and,
- Section 106 Report. Relevant summary details of "section 106 agreements" to March 2023
This is the fourth such annual statement with Regulations introduced in advance of the 2019 to 2020 IFS. References in this statement to 'the year' or 'the reported year' are 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.