Community Infrastructure Levy

The Community Infrastructure Levy came into force in April. First you have to accept liability for the levy then request an exemption. Cornwall Council have approved our request for exemption from the CIL fee. We qualify for this because it’s classed as a self-build and we plan to live in the property. There is a process we have to follow to fulfil the criteria but if we do, we’ve saved ourselves over £11000: –
We have to submit a commencement notice (Form 6) – we can do this once we have a start date. We need to get an acknowledgement receipt before we can start. Within 6 months of completion, we have to send in supporting information via Form 7 part 2. The supporting information is just one of the following:-
A VAT receipt for self-build. I don’t think we claim the VAT back as the builder does this so I don’t this this will be possible, a Specialist Self-Build Warranty, or an approved self-build mortgage.
The other condition is that we have to reside in the property for 3 years.