The announcement that funding for older people would come
out of the New Homes Bonus resulted in an angry response from councils who
called it a “sticking plaster” solution. Cllr Neil Clarke, chairman of the
District Councils’ Network (DCN) said: “The New Homes Bonus (NHB) scheme has
provided a powerful and popular growth incentive in localities, enabling
councils to grant more planning permissions, making development more acceptable
for local communities – which have seen the benefits of growth through
investment in supporting infrastructure and the delivery of homes where they
are needed most. Some district councils will receive no New Homes Bonus as a
result of this change, contrary to the government’s aspiration to encourage
growth, and we call on the government to reduce the level of the baseline, to
reduce the impact on all district councils.” Read more on 24housing.
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