Announcements

TEST VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

Town and Country Planning Act 2008 (Part 11) (as amended) Localism Act 2011 (part 6)

The Community Infrastructure Levy, England and Wales Regulations 2010 (as amended) Regulations 16 & 17 CIL Draft Charging Schedule

Subject matter: The Council is preparing a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule. If and when a CIL is adopted, it will be applied as a mandatory charge within the Borough on all new development in accordance with the Charging Schedule and the legislative framework. The Council wishes to notify the public that it has prepared for public consultation a Draft Charging Schedule which proposes a levy on developments to provide for essential infrastructure to support planned growth.

Area covered: The charging schedule will cover the whole of Test Valley Borough Council, except for that part within the New Forest National Park.

Availability of documents: The Draft Charging Schedule consultation document and the accompanying evidence base are available for public inspection between the hours of 8.30 - 17.00 Mon to Thurs and 8.30 to 16.30 on Fridays at:
? Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire SP10 3AJ

? Former Magistrates Court, Church Street, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 8AQ

The documents can also be found on the Council's website: www.testvalley.gov.uk/CIL. If needed, summary material can be made available as a paper copy. For further information please contact the Planning Policy Team on 01264 368816.

Representations should be submitted in one of the following ways:
? Emailed to cil@testvalley.gov.uk

? Sent in writing to PDCS CIL Consultation, Planning Policy, Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3AJ

Period in which representations may be made: Only those written representations that arrive at the address specified above (either in hard copy or electronically) within the eight week period between Friday 25th July 2014 and ending at 16:30 on Friday 5th September 2014 will be considered.

Representations should specify the matters to which they relate and the ground on which they are made. Any organisation or individual who wishes to be heard by the independent Inspector at the CIL Examination in Public should make this request as part of their representation. Representations may also be accompanied by a request to be informed of the submission of the Draft Charging Schedule to the Inspector, the publication of the Inspector's report and the approval of the Draft Charging Schedule by the Council.

Steve Lees
Head of Planning Policy and Transport, Test Valley Borough Council 25th July 2014