The Council has launched a consultation on the PDCS in which it proposes to set a CIL rate of £125 per square metre for all residential developments within the city. The same proposed rate will apply to student accommodation schemes.
The Council said that, although one of the approaches suggested in its viability assessment had been to create three residential charging zones to reflect the different land values across the city, it had proposed a single flat rate.
It said that this was because it thought that a differential charging approach in a "small city like Cambridge" could get "quite complicated, unwieldy and difficult to administer". It also said that there would not be much value in a higher charge in the higher value area as it did not have much planned growth.
For retail developments, the Council has proposed a city-wide rate of £75 per sq m. A zero rate levy will apply to all other types of development if the rates in the PDCS are adopted.
The consultation will be open until 29 April. The Council said it expects to adopt CIL in the spring next year.
