CIL Self Build and Title Deeds - Public forum - Planning Advisory Service (PAS)

Afternoon David,

We have had this situation on many occasions with some delays over a year. Because of this it was agreed that so long as the CIL Form 7 Part and all other documentation were submitted within the 6 months and regular updates (once a month) were provided by the applicant on the status of their Land Registry Application we would place the final decision in suspense until we received the Land Registry documentation. We decided that notification from the LR that the application had been recevied was insufficient but that so long as no disqualifying event took place in the meantime we would be happy to consider the submission as in time but withld final decision until the documentation was received.

It, while not strictly compliant with the regs, (athough a matter of interpretation in my opinion), seems to work very well. No defaults to date and no disqualifying events that we are aware of.

Regards

Kirstin

We've taken a similar approach since the big delays started happening during the pandemic, with both the Land Registry and the VAT refund office. We took the line that, as long as the applicant has submitted the Form 7 part 2 and al of the other bits and pieces, and they keep in touch with us, then it would be unreasonable to penalise them for delays with other government departments.

Similarly to Kirstin, we've had no defaults or disqualifying events - the applicants are usually grateful that we're willing to be helpful, so they're keen to co-operate.  

Morning, We've taken the same approach as above. No problems with LR so far but the VAT is often an issue and is out of the applicants hands. We wait for the info to come through, and so far everyone has been granted the exemption with no disqualifying events.

Agree with all our colleagues responses above.  at Havant Borough Council we too have had to extend the time period due to the delay within other organisations and also make a judgement call on some of the documentation required.

Hi, we have also taken the same approach at our authority.  As mentioned above, it is often the VAT refund that also causes delays and we take a similar approach with that too.