Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 22 Jan 2025 Closed: 1 May 2026 Parliament page
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is holding an inquiry to look at how land value capture policies - which seek to capture the value uplift on land that when it is granted planning permission - can contribute to the delivery of the Government’s house building plans and help … Read more
20 Recommendations
15 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
3 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 11 events
20 Mar
2026
Report published
28 Oct
2025
Report published
11 Sep
2025
Correspondence
3 Sep
2025
Correspondence
15 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
15 Jul
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9 Jul
2025
Correspondence
10 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
10 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
23 Apr
2025
Oral evidence
23 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
15 Jul 2025
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Oral Evidence
Joanna Key · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Matthew Pennycook MP · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government William Burgon · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
10 Jun 2025
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Oral Evidence
Avril Roberts · Country Land and Business Association Councillor Richard Clewer · County Councils Network Emily Williams · Savills UK Limited Melanie Leech CBE · British Property Federation (BPF) Paul Brocklehurst · Land, Planning and Development Federation Robbie Calvert · Royal Town Planning Institute Will Jeffwitz · National Housing Federation
23 Apr 2025
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Oral Evidence
Anna Hart · Transport for London Chris Whitehouse · WSP Dr Hugh Ellis · Town and Country Planning Association Dr Thomas Aubrey · London School of Economics Jeremy Aston · Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) John Kavanagh · BusinessLDN Maurice Lange · Centre for Cities Tom Kennedy · Northern Housing Consortium
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture HC 672 28 Oct 2025 35 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
7 Recommendation Accepted in Part
3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 millio…
Reinstate planning apprenticeships and invest in specialist officers for Strategic Authorities and LAs.
The Government must take a more strategic approach to boost the skills and capacity of local planning authorities, starting with reinstating access to funded Level 7 planning apprenticeships for students over the age of 21. The Government must invest in … Read more
Government Response
The Government is delivering a comprehensive Planning Capacity and Capability Programme aimed specifically at the public sector, which directly increases the number of planners in LPAs, targeting high-calibre applicants, funding salary bursaries and supporting accredited postgraduate training, but did not commit to the requested Level 7 apprenticeships.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Government Response AI assessment · 35 of 20 classified
Accepted 12
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 14
Deferred 5
Rejected 3
Total 20 recs + 15 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
11 Sep 2025 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the Chair dated 29 August 2025 concerning Land Value Capture
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3 Sep 2025 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Minister of State for Housing and Planning dated 25 July 2025 concerning Land Value Capture
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9 Jul 2025 To committee Letter from Sir Michael Lyons to the Chair dated 1 July 2025 concerning the New Homes Taskforce and land value capture
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