Tories ‘Bailing Out Developer Mates With Section 106 Change’

New planning minister Nick Boles has been quizzed on alleged public feeling that the Government is “bailing out developers which have sponsored and funded the Conservative party” by allowing them to renegotiate affordable housing requirements in section 106s.  He was quizzed alongside new housing minister Mark Prisk by the CLG committee on last month's housing stimulus which includes the waiving of affordable housing on stalled sites if developers can prove it is making schemes unviable.  Committee member Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for Rochdale, asked the minister: “The developer community have sponsored and funded your political party, the Conservatives, in a big way. People out there think that’s why you were bailing out developers who have paid inflated prices for land. What would you say to that?” Read more on 24dash.