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Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

CIL: Apply for local funding

The 2025 Local CIL Funding Round is now open. 

Application forms must be completed and submitted by midnight on Sunday 16 March 2025.

Applicants who have submitted their CIL application by the above deadline will have a further four weeks to provide any additional documentation to validate their application. Failure to provide the requested details by the second deadline (midnight on Sunday 13 April 2025) will result in the application being invalid and not considered.

For reference, the amount of local CIL funds available at the end of the third quarter of 2024 to 2025 for allocation by each of the Local Spending Board is listed below:

 Local CIL funds available at the end of the third quarter of 2024 to 2025
Local Spending BoardFunds available for allocation
East and West Molesey£16,000
Esher£115,000
Hersham£42,000
Oatlands and Burwood Park, Weybridge Riverside and St George's Hill£427,000
Cobham and Downside, Oxshott &Stoke D'Abernon£84,000
Walton-on-Thames£15,000
Hinchley Wood and Weston Green, Long Ditton and Thames Ditton£35,000

The funding round is normally very competitive, and the figures are listed to give applicants an indication of the amount of funding available to be awarded to project in the current round at the time of the round opening. Another quarter (Quarter 4 of 2024-2025) of funds will be included in the amounts the Local Spending Boards allocate during the June and July meetings. Please note that the CIL funding pot for each area is determined by the level of development in that area.

The Local Spending Boards will meet in June and July to review applications for their areas and award funding:

Local Spending Boards meeting dates 2025
Local Spending BoardsDate of meeting
East and West Molesey5 June 2025
Esher and Hersham12 June 2025
Oatlands and Burwood Park, Weybridge Riverside and St George's Hill18 June 2025
Cobham and Downside, Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon26 June 2025
Walton-on-Thames3 July 2025
Hinchley Wood and Weston Green, Long Ditton and Thames Ditton10 July 2025

Please ensure to download the 2025 CIL Application Form and ensure to use the 2025 CIL Guidance Notes for Applicants when completing the application form.

  • Document
    2025 CIL Local Funding Application Form - Guidance Notes for Applicants (DOCX, 684KB)
  • Document
    2025 CIL Local Funding Application Form (DOCX, 752.08KB)

For more information about the CIL Local funding process, please contact email cil@elmbridge.gov.uk. 

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