Your proposal should meet one or more of the following criteria:

• Support the delivery of development/infrastructure in the Local Plan and other Council strategies.

• Contribute to the delivery of key development sites in the District.
• Contribute towards the delivery of infrastructure by a provider (including the County Council) that would not otherwise happen.
• Lever in other funds that would not otherwise be available, e.g. needed to match or draw grant funding.
• Offers wider as well as local benefits.
• Address a specific impact of new development beyond that which has been secured through a s106 Obligation or s278 (Highways) Agreement.

Bids can be submitted between September and November each year.

In 2025 we have introduced online applications for CIL.  Please visit Flexigrant to complete your application.

To the right of this screen is an example of the questions you will be asked to answer.

• All bids need to be submitted no later than the end of November each year.

• In the following new year, requests received will be considered by a panel of city council officers and Cabinet members. Projects will be assessed against the criteria referred to above and recommendations made as to which projects could be supported.

• City council officers will prepare a report recommending projects to be funded, including those which have been submitted as part of this scheme, and recommended for funding by the Panel.

• The decision to fund a proposed scheme will rest with Cabinet and approval will take place in March each year.