Calculate how much you need to pay

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) rates depend on the size, type and location of your development.

Residential developments

The CIL rates are calculated depending on which area of Leeds your development is in. You will need to know which zone your development is in before using the calculator.

Calculate CIL charges

Use the CIL calculator to estimate the charges for your development. You will need to save the excel document to your own desktop/device before using it.

Please be aware that this tool makes a basic estimate and calculation only. This will not take rules about demolition and exemptions into account. The ‘Liability Notice’ will give the initial amount, and ‘Demand Notice’ (takes into account exemptions) will give the final amount due.

Find out more abut how CIL rates are calculated in our Guidance note

Indexation Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Guidance Note 2025

CIL Regulations set out that CIL payments must be index linked. In calculating individual charges for the levy, Schedule 1 (The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2019), requires collecting authorities to apply an index of inflation to each relevant CIL rate to keep the levy responsive to market conditions.  

From 1 January 2020, the index is the RICS CIL Index published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Please see the link to the national document which sets out index rates ‘The RICS Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Index prepared and published by the Building Cost Information Service annually- RICS Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Index (Prepared by BCIS) | BCIS 

The index is therefore based on the BCIS All-in Tender Price Index and from the 1 January 2025 an index figure of 391 is applied. This represents a 3.8% increase in CIL rates. 

These figures are a cumulative increase based on an indexation from the date of adoption of CIL. 

Summary table

Type of development in Leeds  CIL Charge plus indexation  
Residential* – Zone 1  £135.86 
Residential* – Zone 2a  £34.71 
Residential* – Zone 2b  £67.93 
Residential* – Zone 3  £7.54 
Residential* – Zone 4 (City Centre)  £7.54 
Supermarkets** ≥ 500 sqm in City Centre  £166.05 
Supermarkets** ≥ 500 sqm outside of City Centre  £264.18 
Comparison Retail ≥ 1,000 sqm in City Centre  £52.83 
Comparison Retail ≥ 1,000 sqm outside of City Centre  £83.02 
Offices in City Centre  £52.83 
Development by a predominantly publicly funded or not for profit organisation, including sports and leisure centres, medical or health services, community facilities, and education  Zero 
All other uses not cited above  £7.54 

How to pay

Full details of the CIL charges for your development, along with details of how to pay will be included in the Demand Notice we send to you.

The levy is payable from the date development commences.