10am, Tuesday 15 July,
Grimond Room
The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee
concludes the public evidence sessions for its inquiry on land
value capture, with questions to the Housing Minister, MP, and to Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local Government officials.
The cross-party Committee expect to ask questions on possible
reforms to the current system of developer contributions towards
affordable housing and infrastructure. MPs are also likely to
examine the Government's plans for the delivery of New Towns, and
how land value capture mechanisms could be optimised to operate
with the Government's planning reform agenda.
The Committee is also likely to ask questions on the Minister's
wider housing and planning policy brief, as part of its regular
scrutiny of the Housing Minister's work.
Witnesses:
From 10am
-
MP, Minister of State
for Housing and Planning, Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government (MHCLG)
- Joanna Key, Director General; Regeneration, Housing and
Planning, MHCLG.
- William Burgon, Director; Planning Reform and Housing
Quality, MHCLG.
ENDS
Further information
Background information on the Committee's inquiry can be found in
the inquiry launch news
item(and you can also view the inquiry's full terms of
reference) and the written evidence
submissionsfor this inquiry.
What is the current system of LVC in England? Currently, the
primary mechanisms to capture land value uplifts in England are
developer contributions, in the form of planning obligations
(known as “section 106 agreements”), and the Community
Infrastructure Levy.
- Section 106 agreements are legal agreements between
developers and local planning authorities which set out the
public benefits which the developer will deliver (such as a
proportion of affordable housing, and/or public infrastructure)
to make the development acceptable in planning terms, as a
condition of planning permission;
- Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a locally-determined,
fixed-rate development charge, payable in £ per sq. metre, to
help finance the infrastructure (not affordable housing) needed
to support the development of the affected area.
