This Government came to office with a wholly new approach to housing. We didn't want to tweak existing policies. Nor to do a bit of tinkering here and there. We want to get Britain building again. We want the new homes a growing country needs. The homes that growing families, older people, and young mobile professionals need. We'll do it by working with the market. Not against it. Localism means a whole new approach to incentives and investment. Giving communities genuine choice to shape and influence growth - not forcing development upon them. Supporting communities to deal with the impacts of growth - not leaving them high and dry. The New Homes Bonus and the amended Community Infrastructure Levy gives growing neighbourhoods cash to invest locally. We want to communities to have good reasons to say "yes" to growth. If we look at the experience in Netherlands and Germany, I think it's very plain that localism and growth are two sides of the same coin.” Read the full text of the speech on the CLG website.
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