The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010

Preliminary steps

89.—(1) This regulation applies if—

(a) an amount which has become payable in respect of a chargeable development has not been paid; and

(b) the collecting authority considers it expedient that development should stop until the amount has been paid.

(2) The collecting authority may issue a notice warning of its intention to impose a CIL stop notice (“warning notice”) in respect of the chargeable development.

(3) A warning notice must be served on—

(a) the person who is liable for the unpaid amount;

(b) each person known to the authority as an owner of the relevant land;

(c) each person known to the authority as an occupier of the relevant land; and

(d) any other person whom the collecting authority considers may be materially affected by a CIL stop notice.

(4) A warning notice must be in writing and must—

(a) state the date of the notice;

(b) set out the authority’s reasons for issuing the warning notice;

(c) state the unpaid amount;

(d) state that payment of the unpaid amount is due in full immediately;

(e) state the period after which a CIL stop notice may be issued if the unpaid amount is not paid (which must not be less than three days or more than 28 days after the warning notice is issued); and

(f) specify the effect of, and possible consequences of failure to comply with, a CIL stop notice(1).

(5) The collecting authority must display a copy of the warning notice on the relevant land.

(1)

As to the consequences of failure to comply with a CIL stop notice, see regulations 93 and 94.