Commentary Part 6: Planning Chapter 3: Neighbourhood Planning Section 118: Regulations under section 117: collection and enforcement
302.This section specifies that any regulations made under section 117 must include provisions on the collection of the charge (such as allowing for payments by instalments) and its enforcement. Whilst regulations might be made for different methods of enforcement, the section requires that at a minimum the enforcement of the charge is to be by treating it as a civil debt, which is recoverable through the magistrates’ courts.