FAQs

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a locally set charge (referred to as a levy) on new development which a local planning authority can choose to introduce. The levy is based on the size and type of development and once set is mandatory to pay and non-negotiable. 

The funds raised would be used and or distributed by OPDC to provide infrastructure which is required to support new development within the local area.

Neighbourhood CIL (NCIL) is a percentage of the CIL that a Charging Authority collects, which is spent in consultation with the local community. Where a neighbourhood plan is in place, the relevant percentage is 25%, and where a neighbourhood plan is not in place, it is 15%. 

Neighbourhood CIL can be spent on either:

• The provision, improvement, replacement, operation of maintenance of infrastructure; or
• Anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area.

When £500,000 of NCIL has been collected, OPDC will invite applications for projects, requesting details of the proposed projects, funding required and the delivery organisation.

The outcomes of this initial consultation will be vital in prioritising these projects and deciding which will be allocated funding. 

OPDC is the Mayor of London's statutory Mayoral Development Corporation, a planning and delivery agency established to regenerate the 650-hectare Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area that spans three London boroughs (Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Brent).