A development company has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after failing to pay a "community infrastructure levy".

Bourneford Ltd, a private development company that specialises in private and affordable housing in the South and South West, based in Penryn was made the subject of a liability order by Truro magistrates

Cornwall Council had complained that the company based at 2C Waterside House, Falmouth Road, Penryn had not paid a community infrastructure levy.

The levy is a charge levied by local authorities on new development in their area. It helps local authorities to deliver the infrastructure needed to support development in their area.

Most new development which creates net additional floor space of 100 square metres or more, or creates a new dwelling, is potentially liable for the levy.

It will help to pay for things such as schools, health facilities and transport improvements, necessary to support new development.

Magistrates sitting at Truro Magistrates Court granted the council a liability order for non-payment of community infrastructure levy of £6742.77 and costs of £4764.77.

A liability order allows the council use court-appointed debt collection agents, and take further legal action to recover the money they’re owed. Failure to comply with a liability order has serious consequences.

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The company website says it was set up by Clive Wiesbauer and Peter French. It says the two directors have over 30 years of experience in both project management and finance, so have the knowledge of how to source, fund, develop and market the projects they're involved in.

It says the company specialises in building high quality and environmentally friendly new homes plus renovating and sensitively modernising listed buildings. They encompass a range of property types, from apartments and flats to large executive style properties.