Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Accepted
Introduce a statutory Section 106 dispute resolution scheme for housing development.
Recommendation
The Government should introduce a statutory Section 106 dispute resolution scheme, under the provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. If the Government does not intend to pursue this, it should set out a detailed explanation as to why the Ministry has chosen not to implement the provision legislated for by Parliament in the 2016 Act. This should include setting out any specific technical or legal barriers to implementation which the Ministry has identified. (Recommendation, Paragraph 55) Viability assessments
Government Response Summary
The government considers it more appropriate for the IFS to be obtained through authority websites, as an authority is able to update its IFS at any time.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
57. Planning practice guidance includes clear information on what should be included within IFSs. Further guidance is available on the PAS website. Initial PAS guidance was published in 2020, and this was updated in 2023 to reflect matters identified through the first two years of IFS reporting. An IFS template is included within the guidance which is intended to help authorities towards consistent and clear IFS reporting for the benefit of residents and developers. The Government will consider whether a further update is required. 58. In terms of including published IFSs interactively in a national CIL map, the Government considers it more appropriate for the IFS to be obtained through authority websites, as an authority is able to update its IFS at any time. However, as set out in our response to the recent Public Accounts Committee report on ‘Improving local areas through developer funding’ we are considering how to make best use of data in published IFSs to support understanding on how the developer contributions system is working. The Chief Planner has also written to all LPAs to remind them of the statutory duty to publish an IFS at least annually. New Towns