Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

Use this guide to find information about the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).

Lambeth CIL 2014

Lambeth CIL first came into effect on 1 October 2014. The CIL charging schedule that was approved in 2014 will continue to apply to chargeable developments where planning permission first permits development before 1 January 2022. Usually, this will be the date when planning permission was granted.

For outline permissions, this will be the date of final approval of the last reserved matter for that development. In a phased development with full planning permission, this may be on the day any of the pre-commencement conditions associated with a phase is fully discharged. Where a phase of a development has no pre-commencement condition, first permits will be on the date planning permission has been granted.

Please see the 2014 Charging Schedule below which sets out Lambeth CIL charges per square metre of gross internal floor area.

Development type Zone A – Waterloo and Vauxhall Zone B – Kennington, Oval and Clapham Zone C – Streatham, West Norwood, Streatham Hill, Tulse Hill, Brixton and Herne Hill
Residential £265 £150 £50
Hotel £100 Nil Nil
Office £125 Nil Nil
Industrial Nil Nil Nil
Large retail development * £115 £115 £115
Other retail Nil Nil Nil
Student accommodation £215 £215 £215
All other uses not identified above Nil Nil

Nil

(*) Large retail development is defined as being either retail warehouses or superstores/supermarkets, where:

  • retail warehouses are large stores specialising in the scale of household goods (such as carpets, furniture, and electrical goods), DIY items and other ranges of goods catering for mainly car-born customers
  • superstores/supermarkets are shopping destinations in their own right, selling mainly food or food and non-food goods, which must have a dedicated car park

The 2014 CIL Charging Schedule designated three CIL charging zones in the borough. Please visit the 2014 CIL charging zones map for more information.

For more information, email the CIL team at cil@lambeth.gov.uk.