The PDCS proposes to divide the City into four different charging zones for residential developments. Zone 1 covers North Sheffield and Lower Don Valley and has a proposed rate of £20 per square metre. The proposed rate of £30 per sq m in Zone 2 will apply to Stocksbridge & Deepcar, North West Urban and the South East.
Zone 3, which covers Sharrow, Park, Chapeltown and Ecclesfield, North West Rural and the City Centre, has a proposed rate of £50 per sq m and Zone 4, which covers the South West, is subject to a proposed rate of £100 per sq m.
For retail developments, the Council proposes a city-wide rate of £60 per sq m. Hotels are subject to a proposed rate of £45 per sq m and out-of-centre leisure developments to a proposed rate of £60. The proposed rate for student accommodation is £50 per sq m and all other uses are subject to a proposed zero rate levy.
The Council said that its CIL viability study had set out two alternative approaches to the residential rates, with either three or six differential rates. It said that the rates proposed in the PDCS represent a compromise between those approaches. "The four different Charging Zones would give the best balance between the simplicity offered by a small number of different Zones and the sensitivity advantages of a larger number of different Zones," the Council said.
The consultation will run until 11 March. The Council said it hopes to adopt CIL around April next year.
