Yes but additional rather than alternative.
Cil is capped and thus would not allow for developments posing a particular and perhaps costly impact on a community.
Pooling of CIL from a maximum of 5 planning applications seems to be restrictive and may have a negative effect on surrounding infrastructure, that is unless other mechanisms are put in place to counter this effect. If this is the case and CIL is restricted in this way what other safe guards does the Authority have in place to ensure there are not knock on effects elsewhere in the district?
Continued use of Section 106 agreements.
Contributions towards communal solar and geo-thermal heat source provision for developments of 10 or more houses.
The existing Section 106 process can work in isolation (i.e. not in addition to CIL) by allowing site specific on and off site infrastructure contributions to be made. The process also allows for site specific viability to be taken into consideration.
