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Community Infrastructure Levy process guide

If CIL applies to your development, there are several things you must do before you start any work. This step-by-step guide will show you how. 

  1. Stage 1. Tell us who is going to pay
  2. Stage 2. How much you need to pay
  3. Stage 3. Apply for relief or an exemption
  1. Stage 4. Before you start work
  2. Stage 5. Demand notice for payment

Stage 4: Before you start work (commencement notice)

You need to give us a commencement notice before you start work (the latest is one day before you start)

We’ll confirm receipt of the form, update the records and send you a demand notice (ask for payment of the CIL).

Download the commencement notice (PDF)

Email the form to us and we’ll send you a receipt.

Email cil@islington.gov.uk

Starting work or commencement means any material operation that is carried out on the relevant land, including:

  • erecting a building
  • demolishing a building
  • digging a trench
  • laying underground pipes or mains
  • any operation to construct a road or any change in the use of land that is classed as material development.
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