Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 30
30
Not Addressed
Set out plans to control long-term costs of on-site BNG and prevent overcharging residents.
Recommendation
The Government should set out how it plans to control the long-term costs and implementation of on-site BNG initiatives, so they are delivered to sufficient standards and ensure unreasonable costs are not passed onto households; as part of this, the Government should consider the implications of third-party delivery models. In addition, the Government should explain to us what it is already doing to prevent residents from being overcharged for BNG services in its response. (Recommendation, Paragraph 114)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses construction product reform, green procurement, and ecolabels, but it does not address how it plans to control long-term costs or implementation of on-site BNG initiatives, or prevent households from being overcharged for BNG services.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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54. The Government recognises the importance of controlling the long-term costs and ensuring the effective implementation of on-site BNG. We are committed to ensuring that BNG is delivered without imposing unreasonable costs on households. 55. We are taking steps to address the related issue of privately managed estates, which often oversee BNG areas and can lead to unfair charges for residents. On 18 December 2025 the Government published two consultations on options to reduce the prevalence of estate management companies; and separate consultation on implementing enhanced protections for homeowners on freehold estates in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024. This will create a new regulatory framework that will make estate management companies more accountable to homeowners for how their money is spent. These consultations build upon the recommendations of the Competition and Market’s Authority 2024 housebuilding market report to reduce consumer detriment on privately managed housing estates. 56. In addition, on 4 September 2025, the Law Commission published its 14th Programme of Law Reform, included in the Programme is a project on the management of housing estates. The project will consider how residents could be given greater control over the management of their housing estates. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government supports the inclusion of the project in the Programme and is proud to be the sponsoring department for the project.
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