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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

3 items
5 Recommendation 3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 million new… Rejected

Develop and publish Section 106 template clauses to streamline negotiations for local authorities.

As part of the site thresholds consultation that will take place later this year, the Ministry must seek views on how standardised Section 106 templates could most effectively streamline the negotiation process across sites of all sizes. Based on the consultation responses, the Ministry must work with the Planning Advisory … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government does not consider it appropriate to fund local plan-making through planning application fees.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
6 Recommendation 3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 million new… Rejected

Local planning authorities are under-resourced, with restricted apprenticeships hindering future planner recruitment.

Local planning authorities across England are frequently under-resourced and stretched to deliver on local priorities. The Government’s funding for 300 new planning officers demonstrates that it recognises this problem, but this announcement equates to less than one planning officer on average for each local authority in England. At the same … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government does not intend to implement third-party adjudication for unresolved issues regarding section 106 planning obligations, believing non-statutory guidance and policy will have a more immediate impact.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
8 Recommendation 3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 million new… Rejected

Make regulations allowing local authorities to include plan-making costs in planning fees.

Once the Planning and Infrastructure Bill receives Royal Assent, the Secretary of State must make regulations to allow local planning authorities to take into account the cost of local and regional plan-making when calculating local planning fees. Local planning authorities and Strategic Authorities should be allowed to spend these contributions … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government rejected the recommendation to set indicative benchmark land values nationally, arguing that it would not account for regional variation, but are consulting on testing viability at the plan-making stage using a standardised scenario for greenfield, Green Belt land.
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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…