Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 40405

Property Development: Infrastructure

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has plans to introduce legislation to enforce (a) developers and (b) local authorities to use section 106 contributions when local developments are being built.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
It is the responsibility of local planning authorities to consider whether otherwise unacceptable development could be made acceptable through the use of conditions or planning obligations when determining applications.The government is committed to stren...

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