Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Housing and Home Ownership - Oct 16
Wednesday, 17 October 2018 07:02
Neil O'Brien (Harborough) (Con):...How do we capture more of the
benefit for the community? We could reform section 106 and the
community infrastructure levy and take off the various limits that
apply. We could create transparency by creating a register of all
land options so that we know what people are paying for land and we
stop viability being used as an excuse not to pay for vital
infrastructure. We could change the national planning policy
framework so that sites do not get put through...Request free trial
(Harborough)
(Con):...How do we capture more of the benefit for the
community? We could reform section 106 and the community
infrastructure levy and take off the various limits that apply. We
could create transparency by creating a register of all land
options so that we know what people are paying for land and we stop
viability being used as an excuse not to pay for vital
infrastructure. We could change the national planning policy
framework so that sites do not get put through the strategic
housing land availability assessment unless they can pay for their
own infrastructure. We could give local authorities the fiscal
firepower to assemble land and be their own developers and
masterplanners. We could reform land compensation and the Land
Compensation Act 1961 to reverse the changes made by unelected
judges in the 1970s. A group of organisations, including Shelter,
Onward and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, recently came
together to call for just that...
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