Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
HC 672
Published 28 October 2025
Recommendations
5
Rejected
Develop and publish Section 106 template clauses to streamline negotiations for local authorities.
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
The government does not consider it appropriate to fund local plan-making through planning application fees.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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6
Rejected
Local planning authorities are under-resourced, with restricted apprenticeships hindering future planner recruitment.
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response 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.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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8
Rejected
Make regulations allowing local authorities to include plan-making costs in planning fees.
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response 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.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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