Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 48797

Planning Permission

Tabled: 28 April 2025

Answered: 7 May 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Section 106 contributions paid to local authorities ahead of a development.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Local authorities are able to seek a section 106 planning obligation from a developer to mitigate the impact of a development in order to make it acceptable in planning terms. The obligation might, for example, specify the periods at which the required co...

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