Local Government Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Chief Planner letter of 24 November 2025, whether councils are required to report (a) interest accrued from unspent funds, (b) interest collected from late payment charges and (c) how interest accrued is spent for Infrastructure Funding Statements.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
Schedule 2 of the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended) requires authorities to report on the total amount of developer contributions received, spent, allocated and retained through CIL and section 106 at the end of the reported year.
CIL receipts collected, which includes any late payment interest and surcharges paid by a developer, must be used for the purposes which are set out in section 216 of the Planning Act 2008 and Part 7 of the CIL Regulations.
Further to the answers provided to Questions UIN 84954 and 54059 on 4 November 2025 and 6 June 2025 respectively, the Planning Advisory Service has recently published additional resources on its website to support local planning authorities in their infrastructure planning and delivery.
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