The Council adopted its CIL charging schedule last year and it came into effect on 1 December 2011. The Council was the first local planning authority in England to bring CIL into effect. The introduction of CIL was "a learning curve for all those involved" said Andy Norton, the Council's section 106 and infrastructure officer.
According to the Planning magazine report the Council has issued liability notices for £596,000 worth of CIL with £70,974 of this awaiting to be received as a result of demand notices which have been, or shortly will be, issued.
Under the CIL Regulations 2010 the CIL collecting authority must issue a CIL liability notice as soon as practicable after the day on which a planning permission first permits development and this liability notice will state how much CIL is payable. However, the CIL does not have to paid until the CIL liable development is commenced. This explains the disparity between the amount of CIL liability registered by Newark and Sherwood compared to the amount of CIL it has actually received.
