How we spend CIL
Monitoring CIL
You can download our Allocating and Spending CIL document, which sets out how we decide to spend CIL.
Since 2019/20, we have to show how we spent CIL and S106 planning contributions in an annual Infrastructure Funding Statement:
Before that, we published annual monitoring reports, to show how we spent CIL in:
Strategic CIL
We spend the majority of CIL money on infrastructure projects such as roads, schools and community facilities.
Greener Chelmsford Grant
This initiative has a total of £100,000 available from the neighbourhood CIL allocation for ecological and green funding.
We allocate 15% of CIL for spending in local neighbourhoods. This neighbourhood allocation helps to address the demands of development locally.
If development takes place within a parish, we will give 15% of CIL funding to the parish or town council.
The government has capped the amount of CIL money a parish or town council can receive in a year. This is known as the Neighbourhood Cap and is based on the number of homes in that area.
In some cases, a parish or town council could be due more money than the cap allows. If this happens, we invite parish councils and neighbourhood groups near the development that generated the CIL to propose how it is spent. You can download our Neighbourhood Cap report, which sets out this process in detail.
In the nine unparished wards, we are responsible for spending the 15% neighbourhood CIL.
Search database of CIL-funded projects
![Riverside Leisure Centre lit up blue at dusk](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/wlsbvcmx/riverside-public-realm.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133306157085330000)
Public realm around Riverside Leisure Centre
![People using outdoor gym equipment at Admirals Park](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/jvhmedjj/admirals-park.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133494471111670000)
Outdoor gym equipment at Admirals Park
![Bookcases and low seating area](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/n0okae5i/chelmsford-library.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133494471111870000)
Family hub at Chelmsford Library
![Front entrance with canopy saying "Lanton Hall"](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/qoipqt2s/langton-community-centre.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133494471112200000)
![Bank of pond that has recent been reinforced](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/tldlybh0/marconi-ponds.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133494471112370000)
Marconi Ponds
![Well lit underpass](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/4imjc4rc/mill-yard.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133494471112500000)
Mill Yard
![Public information board, including map, outside Chelmsford railway station](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/4zqjmnbu/wayfindingjpg.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133047812186570000)
Wayfinding board
![Play area with slide and swings](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/qolm5dhk/westlands-play-area.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133047812352670000)
Westlands Play Area
![Logo for Springfield Youth Group](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/zhsacdkg/springfield-youth-group.png?width=728&height=410&rnd=133047812502270000)
Springfield Youth Group
![Sutherland Lodge doctor surgery](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/xoznspjr/sutherland-lodge.png?width=728&height=410&rnd=133047812696100000)
Sutherland Lodge
![Main pool with lane ropes with flume in background](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/xq4hllfm/riverside-main-pool-5.jpg?width=728&height=410&rnd=133306157083730000)
Riverside's main swimming pool
![Riverside Leisure Centre lit up blue at dusk preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/wlsbvcmx/riverside-public-realm.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133306157085330000)
![People using outdoor gym equipment at Admirals Park preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/jvhmedjj/admirals-park.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133494471111670000)
![Bookcases and low seating area preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/n0okae5i/chelmsford-library.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133494471111870000)
![Front entrance with canopy saying "Lanton Hall" preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/qoipqt2s/langton-community-centre.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133494471112200000)
![Bank of pond that has recent been reinforced preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/tldlybh0/marconi-ponds.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133494471112370000)
![Well lit underpass preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/4imjc4rc/mill-yard.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133494471112500000)
![Public information board, including map, outside Chelmsford railway station preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/4zqjmnbu/wayfindingjpg.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133047812186570000)
![Play area with slide and swings preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/qolm5dhk/westlands-play-area.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133047812352670000)
![Logo for Springfield Youth Group preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/zhsacdkg/springfield-youth-group.png?width=200&height=114&rnd=133047812502270000)
![Sutherland Lodge doctor surgery preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/xoznspjr/sutherland-lodge.png?width=200&height=114&rnd=133047812696100000)
![Main pool with lane ropes with flume in background preview](https://chelmsfordcc-website.azurewebsites.net/media/xq4hllfm/riverside-main-pool-5.jpg?width=200&height=114&rnd=133306157083730000)