Social housing relief

A claimant must provide evidence that the chargeable development qualifies for social housing relief.

In order to benefit from social housing relief, the person/organisation claiming social housing relief must be the owner of the relevant land:

1. Assume liability to pay CIL, through the submission to the council of a CIL Assumption of Liability form prior to the commencement of the chargeable development.
2. Submit to the council CIL form - Claiming Exemption or Relief, prior to commencement of the chargeable development and provide a plan showing the location of the dwellings to which social housing relief applies and sets out the gross internal area of each of the dwellings.
3. The council will assess the claim and the developer will be issued with a Social Housng Relief Claim Decision.
4. Before development commences a Commencement Notice must be submitted to the council. The commencement date determines when the seven-year claw back period expires.

You can obtain the relevant forms from the Planning Portal.

If development begins before a commencement notice is received the claim for relief will lapse.