Member

We are not currently persuaded of the need to use planning conditions or obligations to further tie permissions granted by relevant authorities at this stage. We believe that this approach may be more burdensome for local planning authorities, requiring conditions or obligations where they may not be necessary and creating the potential for delays to be introduced into the planning process for limited benefit. We believe that, currently, the right approach is to set out how planning conditions and obligations may be used to secure permissions for self and custom-build in planning practice guidance. We therefore intend to bring forward, later this year, updated guidance for self-build and custom housebuilding that reflects this. For these reasons, we do not believe this amendment is necessary and I hope the noble Baroness will withdraw her amendment.