Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 29
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Paragraph: 141
Require greater flexibility for local authorities to use planning powers for social housing development
Conclusion
The Government and local authorities should more actively use their planning powers to ensure that the price of land does not inhibit the development of new social homes. We believe that land value capture should be part of the process for funding new social housing, especially for new towns and large sites. We recognise that the Government has gone some way towards this in the Levelling up and Regeneration Act and the Secretary of State should now be prepared to demonstrate greater flexibility in granting permission for local authorities to adjust value mechanisms under the Act.
Paragraph Reference:
141