Councils Receive £3 Billion Reward for Getting the Country Building

Councils have received almost £3.4 billion through the New Homes Bonus for building over 800,000 more homes, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has confirmed. The minister said the figures demonstrated how more communities were saying ‘yes’ to new development, after planning reforms have put power back into the hands of local people. It comes as new figures show that in the year to September, planning permissions have risen to 240,000 - showing that the locally-led system and incentives like the New Homes Bonus are working well. Read more on the CLG website.