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
3 results
Clear
5 Recommendation Rejected
3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 millio…
Develop and publish Section 106 template clauses to streamline negotiations for local authorities.
As part of the site thresholds consultation that will take place later this year, the Ministry must seek views on how standardised Section 106 templates could most effectively streamline the negotiation process across sites of all sizes. Based on the … Read more
Government Response
The government does not consider it appropriate to fund local plan-making through planning application fees.
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6 Recommendation Rejected
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Local planning authorities are under-resourced, with restricted apprenticeships hindering future planner recruitment.
Local planning authorities across England are frequently under-resourced and stretched to deliver on local priorities. The Government’s funding for 300 new planning officers demonstrates that it recognises this problem, but this announcement equates to less than one planning officer on … Read more
Government Response
The government does not intend to implement third-party adjudication for unresolved issues regarding section 106 planning obligations, believing non-statutory guidance and policy will have a more immediate impact.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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8 Recommendation Rejected
3rd Report - Delivering 1.5 millio…
Make regulations allowing local authorities to include plan-making costs in planning fees.
Once the Planning and Infrastructure Bill receives Royal Assent, the Secretary of State must make regulations to allow local planning authorities to take into account the cost of local and regional plan-making when calculating local planning fees. Local planning authorities … Read more
Government Response
The government rejected the recommendation to set indicative benchmark land values nationally, arguing that it would not account for regional variation, but are consulting on testing viability at the plan-making stage using a standardised scenario for greenfield, Green Belt land.
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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