Lord Kennedy of
Southwark: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to
encourage house building on sites where planning permissions have been given
for house building.
Lord Bourne of
Aberystwyth: We are keen to drive up delivery of new housing once
permission has been granted and we are actively taking steps to tackle some of
the factors which can delay a start to development. We are taking forward
measures through the Neighbourhood Planning Bill, which was introduced on 7
September, to improve the use of planning conditions to avoid unnecessary
delays to development. We have also, through the Housing and Planning Act 2016,
introduced a provision for a section 106 dispute resolution process.
This will assist in speeding up negotiations on the content of section 106
planning obligations, where developers and local authorities have failed to
reach an agreement. Secondary legislation is required to implement the
provision. We also expect the members of the Home Builders Federation to adhere
to their commitments in May to provide local authorities with transparent
annual returns on build-out rates. And we will be setting out further measures
in the forthcoming Housing White Paper.
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