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Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture

Status: Closed Opened: 22 Jan 2025 Closed: 1 May 2026 20 recommendations 15 conclusions 1 report

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is holding an inquiry to look at how land value capture policies - which seek to capture the value uplift on land that when it is granted planning permission - can contribute to the delivery of the Government’s house building plans and help fund affordable housing and public … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value C… HC 672 28 Oct 2025 35 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
7 Recommendation 3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 million new… Accepted in Part

Reinstate planning apprenticeships and invest in specialist officers for Strategic Authorities and LAs.

The Government must take a more strategic approach to boost the skills and capacity of local planning authorities, starting with reinstating access to funded Level 7 planning apprenticeships for students over the age of 21. The Government must invest in dedicated planning officers for Strategic Authorities and set out its … Read more

Government response AI summary
The Government is delivering a comprehensive Planning Capacity and Capability Programme aimed specifically at the public sector, which directly increases the number of planners in LPAs, targeting high-calibre applicants, funding salary bursaries and supporting accredited postgraduate training, but did not commit to the requested Level …
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
15 Jul 2025 Joanna Key · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Matthew Pennycook MP · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, William Burgon · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View ↗
10 Jun 2025 Avril Roberts · Country Land and Business Association, Councillor Richard Clewer · County Councils Network, Emily Williams · Savills UK Limited, Melanie Leech CBE · British Property Federation (BPF), Paul Brocklehurst · Land, Planning and Development Federation, Robbie Calvert · Royal Town Planning Institute, Will Jeffwitz · National Housing Federation View ↗
23 Apr 2025 Anna Hart · Transport for London, Chris Whitehouse · WSP, Dr Hugh Ellis · Town and Country Planning Association, Dr Thomas Aubrey · London School of Economics, Jeremy Aston · Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), John Kavanagh · BusinessLDN, Maurice Lange · Centre for Cities, Tom Kennedy · Northern Housing Consortium View ↗

Who gave evidence

18 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Anna Hart · Corporate Finance Senior Manager Transport for London 1
Avril Roberts · Senior Property and Business Policy Adviser Country Land and Business Association 1
Chris Whitehouse · Technical Director WSP 1
Councillor Richard Clewer · Housing and Planning Spokesperson County Councils Network 1
Dr Hugh Ellis · Director of Policy Town and Country Planning Association 1
Dr Thomas Aubrey · Senior Visiting Fellow London School of Economics 1
Emily Williams · Director – Residential Research Savills UK Limited 1
Jeremy Aston · Member of expert P&D group Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 1
Joanna Key · Director General; Regeneration, Housing and Plann… Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
John Kavanagh · Programme Director, Infrastructure BusinessLDN 1
Matthew Pennycook MP · Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Plann… Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Maurice Lange · Analyst Centre for Cities 1
Melanie Leech CBE · Chief Executive British Property Federation (BPF) 1
Paul Brocklehurst · Chairman Land, Planning and Development Federation 1
Robbie Calvert · Head of Policy Royal Town Planning Institute 1
Tom Kennedy · Senior Policy and Research Manager Northern Housing Consortium 1
Will Jeffwitz · Head of Policy National Housing Federation 1
William Burgon · Director for Planning Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
11 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the Chair dated 2…
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Minister of State for Housing and Planning dated 2…
9 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from Sir Michael Lyons to the Chair dated 1 July 2025 concerning the New…