Monday, 9 June 2014

S106 to Be Scaled Back On Small Developments

The ‘imposition’ of section 106 will be ‘scaled back’ on small-scale developments as part of the Infrastructure Bill. Section 106 is currently being consulted on by the CLG and it has previously been suggested there would be a 10-unit threshold before section 106 would be introduced on developments.  Action with Communities in Rural England have warned the proposal would lead to even fewer affordable homes being built in the countryside. A spokesperson for the CLG said the department would not give any detail about the size of developments which were to be defined as ‘small-scale’ and that more information would be released later this year. Read more on Inside Housing.

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