Issue details

21.12.2020 Planning application and CIL form 1 ‘additional information’ submitted.
27.01.2022 Planning permission granted.
02.02.2022 Default Liability Notice issued to the landowners as they appeared on HM Land Registry’s Proprietorship Register.
03.02.2022 New CIL form 1 ‘additional information’ submitted.
03.02.2022 New Default Liability Notice issued to the landowners as they appeared on HM Land Registry’s Proprietorship Register.
00.10.2022 Sale/purchase of the site by the appellant.
29.11.2022 Deemed Commencement Notice and Demand Notice with Surcharges levied under Regulation 80 and 83 issued with a deemed commencement date of 03.11.2022 to the landowners as they still appeared on HM Land Registry’s Proprietorship Register.
26.04.2023 Appellant contacted to find out about the CIL charges and request a review of the surcharges as the applicants are still identified as landowners by HM Land Registry as a result of a backlog of applications to transfer title pending.
The Appellant:
• Submitted a commencement notice to Building Control and we have since acknowledged the need to be clearer that another commencement notice is also required for CIL purposes;
• Had not received prior notification of the CIL charges since his purchase of the land in October 2022 as a result of a backlog in registering transfers of title at HM Land Registry.
The Head of Service has the authority to waive these surcharges in order to avoid further time and cost in staff resources dealing with appeals against surcharges for which costs may not be recoverable.