Section 172 Charging for developmentI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

(1)

CIL regulations must provide that a charging authority may charge CIL in respect of chargeable development in its area.

(2)

In this Chapter “chargeable development” means—

(a)

anything done for the purpose of creating a new building,

(b)

anything done to or in respect of an existing building, or

(c)

any change in the use of an existing building or part of a building.

(3)

CIL regulations may provide for—

(a)

works or changes in use of a kind specified in the regulations not to be treated as chargeable development;

(b)

the creation of, or anything done to or in respect of, a structure of a kind specified in the regulations to be treated as chargeable development.

(4)

A planning authority is the charging authority for its area.

(5)

CIL regulations may provide for a county council or county borough council to be the charging authority for any part of its area for which a National Park Authority or a joint planning board is the planning authority.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 172 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)