1. Community Infrastructure Levy in Islington Eric Manners London Borough of Islington PAS Seminar – ‘Making CIL Work’ 12 January 2016

2. Covering… Background Adventures in monitoring and collection Working towards allocation Advantages over Section 106 Disadvantages? Conclusions

4. What’s Islington like? Most densely populated authority in the UK 26th most deprived borough in England, 5th in London Social housing – 49% of available accommodation (26% across London) 19,000 people on the affordable housing waiting list 15,000 new homes and 40,000 new employees expected over next 15 years Lowest life expectancy rate for men in London and 3rd lowest for women

5. And Islington’s infrastructure? Open space – Least per capita in London, contributing towards biodiversity and nature conservation deficiency and play space shortage Transport – Good public transport connectivity, but high levels of congestion and poor journey time reliability Leisure – Shortage of sports hall and pool provision, and many smaller MUGAs in need of investment Education – School and nursery place shortfall already…

6. Islington and CIL Collecting Mayor of London’s CIL since April 2012 Development of Islington’s CIL began in 2011 Consultations in 2012 and 2013 Submitted to Planning Inspectorate in October 2013 Public Examination held January 2014 CIL formally adopted 1 September 2014!

7. Islington’s CIL charging zones Area A – CAZ Area B – The Rest

8. Islington’s CIL Schedule

9. Mayor’s CIL – Crossrail Charges vary by borough (£20 / £35 / £50 per sq m) Islington has collected more than most boroughs Islington served via Farringdon station

10. Progress update 80 liable developments in the first 16 months Liabilities issued totalling £19.7 million 21 demand notices issued £4.2 million received or due soon 158 Mayor’s CIL demand notices – total nearly £12m

11. Monitoring and collecting Islington’s CIL Using Exacom’s ‘CIL Administrator’ software Almost there on Exacom’s S106 and Project modules To-ing and fro-ing with Finance colleagues –Payment reference code picked up by finance system on receipt –Informs Exacom that specific payment has been received Merging demand notices for Islington and Mayor’s CILs –£500k apportioned to each charging authority

12. More on monitoring and collection Pragmatic approach to differences of interpretation – no formal CIL appeals –e.g. S73 applications on pre-CIL permissions and previous S106 payments for aborted schemes Ongoing frustrations: –Moving BCIS ‘All-in TPI’ figures –Are ‘Prior approvals’ liable? (We think they should be!) –Regular changes to Regulations, sometimes without explanation

13. Prioritising investment £125 million needed over 3-5 years £90 million shortfall £20-30m CIL? Still very short. Strategic vs local priorities NHS also interested Yet to formalise allocation mechanisms, but soon!

14. Planning Obligations SPD (2013) Up-to-date policies Up-to-date calculations Prepared for CIL Now need new version for post-CIL

15. Main continuing S106 obligations Off-site affordable housing contributions Carbon offset contributions Code of Construction Practice monitoring contributions Employment and training contributions Construction work placements Affordable workspace provision / contributions Accessible parking bays Student bursaries

16. Advantages over Section 106 Quick to calculate Hardly any negotiation More flexible funds (?) Provides transparency and certainty for developers No need to wait for development before necessary infrastructure can be built Ensures cumulative impacts can be addressed Easier to enforce

17. Disadvantages of CIL Relatively inflexible (e.g. affordable housing could suffer) More flexibility makes allocation more controversial Tendency to believe CIL can fund EVERYTHING New regime continues to need minor enhancements

18. Viability in Islington

19. Conclusions CIL is essential to facilitating future development Funding other than CIL is also needed CIL is not making development in Islington unviable CIL is not reducing affordable housing provision (government policies are…) Relationship between CIL and S106 is working, though could be fine-tuned a bit Any scaling back of CIL is a clear declaration of war on communities AND developers

20. Questions / discussion Eric Manners Team Leader – Developer Contributions eric.manners@islington.gov.uk 020 7527 2771 eric.manners@islington.gov.uk Jennifer Cox Senior Planner – CIL jennifer.cox@islington.gov.uk 020 7527 2621 jennifer.cox@islington.gov.uk