The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010

Service of CIL stop notice

90.—(1) This regulation applies if—

(a) the collecting authority has issued a warning notice in respect of a chargeable development; and

(b) the amount specified in the warning notice is unpaid (in whole or in part) at the end of the period specified in the notice.

(2) The collecting authority may serve a CIL stop notice in respect of the chargeable development.

(3) A CIL stop notice must be served on—

(a) the person who is liable to pay the unpaid amount;

(b) each person known to the authority 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 the CIL stop notice.

(4) The CIL stop notice must be in writing and must—

(a) state the date on which it is to take effect;

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

(c) state the unpaid amount;

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

(e) specify the relevant activity which must cease; and

(f) specify the possible consequences of failure to comply with the notice.

(5) In paragraph (4)(e) “relevant activity” means any activity connected with the chargeable development which is specified in the CIL stop notice as an activity which the collecting authority requires to cease, and any activity carried out as part of that activity or associated with that activity.

(6) The collecting authority must display a copy of the CIL stop notice on the relevant land.

(7) A CIL stop notice does not prohibit any works on the relevant land which are necessary in the interests of health and safety.

(8) A CIL stop notice has effect from the date specified in the notice until the date it is withdrawn by the collecting authority.