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The Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL) is a charge councils collect from developers who carry out certain types of developments. It is unique in that the money raised is awarded to the areas where specific developments are taking place - a system designed so that developers pay directly back into the community. 

Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL) provides a funding source which local community groups, residents’ associations, registered charities, infrastructure providers and charitable companies as well as council departments and other public sector organisations can access in order to fund/part fund local projects.

There is typically a funding round each year and this opens for applications once enough money has been gathered from developers. The next funding round is expected to launch in mid / late 2026, once we have completed this project to further improve our bidding process.