Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funding Programme 2025

Since 2014, the Council has charged a levy on developers for carrying out certain new developments across the Borough called the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The money we raise can be used to pay for a wide range of community infrastructure that is needed to support the new development. This can include transport schemes, green spaces and community facilities.

The Council plans to use most of the money collected to help deliver large scale infrastructure projects, such as the development of green spaces. However, due to higher costs, it takes time to save up CIL monies for these types of projects. Alongside these higher cost projects, we allocate up to £200,000 each year to smaller projects, each seeking less than £50,000 of CIL, that can be delivered in the short term.

We are seeking your views on 17 projects that wish to seek CIL funding this year. Refer to section "Projects requesting CIL funding".

Project proposals have also been submitted that have requested to be included in our Infrastructure Delivery Schedule and that may wish to apply for CIL funding in the future. Refer to section "Projects requesting future CIL funding"

For more information about the bids please refer to documents: Shortlisted CIL Project Bids for funding 2025 and CIL Bids for Future Funding 2025 located in the documents section.

There are two types of CIL funding that the Council collects and retains for allocation and spending.

• Strategic CIL Funding can be allocated and spent across the borough.
• Neighbourhood CIL (NCIL) Funding for Skelmersdale and Ormskirk.

Where no Parish Council exists, such as in Skelmersdale and Ormskirk, the Council retain the parish portion of CIL money and identifies projects within those areas that may require funding support.

More details on the CIL funding process, assessment criteria, the different types of funding (CIL and NCIL) and what the funding can be spent on can be found in the FAQ section on this page.

Please share your views before 12/8/2025, thank you in advance.