LGA Slams ‘Section 106 Proposals

Councils have dismissed plans to make it easier for developers to renegotiate section 106 agreements as ‘unnecessary, costly and counterproductive’.  In a formal response to the government’s proposals to allow the number of affordable homes required through planning agreements to be reduced, the Local Government Association argues councils are already negotiating with developers where appropriate.  ‘Any perception that councils are asking for unaffordable “nice to haves” through planning which in these difficult times is rendering development unviable is wrong,’ it said. The LGA said development is being held up by the market and access to mortgages, not section 106 agreements. Download a copy of the LGA’s response to Government proposals from the LGA website.