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Please clarify the nature of the fees and the project.
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We are buying a wood with cil money  and there are legal fees to pay
I'm not a CIL expert, but if the fees are essential to the delivery of the project, I see no obstacle to using CIL in this way.

Paragraph 59C of the Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2013 includes the following:-

"59C.  A local council must use CIL receipts passed to it in accordance with regulation 59A or 59B to support the development of the local council’s area, or any part of that area, by funding—
(a) the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure; or
(b) anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area."

That's quite a broad definition. As a final check, ask your local planning authority.
I would also add that buying a wood would be meeting the council's legal duty to consider biodiversity too.
We have a biodiversity policy
I have been in touch with the implementation officer who has confirmed that they have previously accepted parish reports which have stated legal fees paid for land
Onwoods and upwoods!

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