Steve Dally contacted the Waverley Web to have a say on the controversial subject of the Community Infrastructure Levy.

Will your Waverley budge? 

He asks? If you want to set the record straight, then publish this Waverley Web.

It was Gordon Brown’s Labour Governement of 2010 that introduced CIL!

Not the Conservatives—the Liberal Democrats have been in Administration since 2019. Have they corrected the second-highest CIL rate in the Country?

The Lib Dems, Conservatives, and Waverley CEO have all received a document by a leading Kings Council that states that CIL gives Waverley all the powers it requires to repay CIL for…

“Whatever reasons they see appropriate “, so why have they not done so?

West Berks, also a LibDem Administration have corrected this injustice.
On Jan 25, a Waverley cross-party motion was adopted
“ in line with West Berkshire …..

“homeowners would be granted the right for their cases to be reviewed “

Q So why hasn’t Waverley already implemented the West Berkshire policies?

He asks, Have some compassion for the distress this Levy has had on ordinary people and kill the political crap!
– one couple were forced to sell their home because they could not afford to pay their charge
– one couples home is currently for sale because they don’t have the money to repay life-changing fines
– one man who has terminal cancer was pursued whilst in hospital recovering from a major heart attack – his wife has dementia
Blame the Conservatives, why don’t you!
Blame Gordon Brown!
– This Lib Dem Administration has had 6 years and all the power they require to fix this – why don’t they do it? – now ! as did West Berks?

This is a question posed by  Mr Ian Colvin on Waverley Papers.

“In light of CIL regulation 65(7) giving WBC full discretionary powers to withdraw CIL liability notices for whatever reason they see, can we now expect Waverley to amend its enforcement policy and adopt a more reasonable enforcement policy where it applies to home extensions and self-build homes ….similar to the approach West Berkshire have implemented?

Here is the response on the same papers from: Cllr Liz Townsend, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economic Development

The resolution to the Motion that was considered by Full Council at its meeting on January 28, 2025, reads as follows.

‘ that in line with West Berks households previously subject to CIL liability can request a discretionary review by the Council within a window from 1 June 2025 to 31st May 2026. For clarity, the Council has administered CIL in accordance with the CIL Regulation, which has been confirmed through the appeal process. There is considerable work needed to set out a proposed discretionary Review process. The process will need to be considered and agreed by the Executive at its meeting on the 6th May 2025. Bullet 5 of the Minutes of the 28th January 2025 reads Currently, independent households that had been charged CIL were being reviewed, and the process would need to go through a public consultation, which was being done through the Local Plan, currently with bids being examined once a year. This references three separate activities which are: • We have a log of all householders that have been charged CIL and the triggers for that charging • There will be a separate working stream that will run to the timelines of the Local Plan review that will create the evidence to set a revised CIL Charging Schedule (this will be subject to its own Independent CIL Examination by an Inspector). •

The Council has reviewed all the CIL bids received for this year and a report will be considered by Executive at this meeting on the 1st April 2025 to agree how this years CIL will be allocated.