The Council launched a consultation on its DCS last week. It has proposed to divide its administrative area into four different charging zones for residential development. The lowest proposed rate of £150 per sq would apply in the 'Town Zone', with a draft rate of £210 per sq m to apply in the 'Village Zone' and a rate of £235 per sq m to apply in the 'Rural Zone'.
The Council's proposed submission District Plan identifies a strategic allocation to the north of Burgess Hill for the development of 3,385 homes. The Council has proposed that a CIL rate of £180 per sq m should apply to developments in this allocation.
Residential institutions will be charged at a rate of £150 per sq m if the draft rates are adopted and a rate of £100 per sq m would apply to hotels; supermarkets and superstores exceeding 1000 sq m outside of defined town centres; and commercial leisure developments other than those for community use or not-for-profit developments.
A draft nil rate levy has been set to apply to all other retail, community uses, offices, industrial and distribution and all other developments.
The proposed rates are unchanged from the rates set out in the Council's preliminary draft charging schedule which it consulted on last year, with the exception of the separate residential charge for the strategic allocation and a reduction of the 'all other developments' rate from £100 per sq m to a nil rate levy.
The consultation will be open for responses until 18 August. The Council said it expects to adopt CIL in April 2014.
