Community infrastructure levy

The community infrastructure levy is a planning charge that we can impose on new developments in Ryedale. The fixed, non-negotiable charge helps to deliver infrastructure to support the new development and is applied to the development’s internal floor space. It can be applied to:

• private market houses (excluding apartments and self-builds)
• supermarkets (£120 per square metre)
• retail warehouses (£60 per square metre)

Our  charging schedule (pdf / 2 MB) provides more detail on how the charge works and also details exemptions. We don't impose community infrastructure levy charges on any other developments in Ryedale.

When is a community infrastructure levy used?

To introduce the community infrastructure levy, we have to show that there is a shortfall in funding to cover the expected total cost of infrastructure needed to support a development. We have an infrastructure delivery plan for Ryedale and it is part of our local plan strategy.

We assess each new development to make sure that imposing a community infrastructure levy doesn’t threaten its scale or delivery.

Our charging schedule

When we set our community infrastructure levy rates, we balance the benefits of funding infrastructure through the community infrastructure levy with the potential impact of imposing a charge on investment and development in Ryedale.

How does the community infrastructure levy affect me?

If you are a land owner or developer, it’s important that you:

• are aware of the implications of the community infrastructure levy charge
• understand that it is a non-negotiable, fixed charge
• establish if your scheme is exempt, or not
• factor the levy into your project viability assessment as a fixed element of cost

Please visit our Planning Portal to download any forms.

Infrastructure funding statements

The infrastructure funding statement is an annual report which provides a summary of all developer contributions relating to Section 106 agreements (S106) and the community infrastructure levy for a given financial year. Since North Yorkshire Council formed the data has been complied into a single document and split into the former districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Selby and Scarborough.

•  infrastructure funding statement 2023-2024 (pdf / 428 KB)
•  infrastructure funding statement 2022-2023 (pdf / 722 KB)
•  infrastructure funding statement 2021-2022 (pdf / 1 MB)
•  infrastructure funding statement 2020-2021 (pdf / 1 MB)
•  infrastructure funding statement 2019-2020 (pdf / 899 KB)

Other useful community infrastructure levy information

•  notice of approval – community infrastructure levy charging schedule (pdf / 2 MB)
•  instalment policy (pdf / 37 KB)
•  report of community infrastructure levy collection and expenditure financial year 2016-2017 (pdf / 29 KB)
•  community infrastructure levy collection and disbursement statement 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019 (pdf / 146 KB)
•  community infrastructure levy viability assessment (pdf / 2 MB)
•  community infrastructure levy viability addendum report (pdf / 7 MB)