In April 2010 the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was introduced as the Government’s preferred method of collecting developer contributions towards infrastructure. It was intended to provide a more transparent, faster and proportionate system for collecting financial contributions than the S106 route. Less than 6 years after its introduction, many LPAs have steered clear of CIL and the Government commissioned a CIL Review Team in October 2016 to assess its effectiveness and to recommend changes necessary to realign the system with its housing and growth objectives.