Neighbourhood Planning Bill | House of Lords, Committee Stage

Local government wants to play a leading role in building new homes.

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Key messages

Local government shares the Government's ambition to increase housing supply. Local government wants to play a leading role in building new homes and we support measures that will enable councils to capture the value from increased land prices on land they acquire for development.

The Bill could do more to help the Government achieve its ambitions on speeding up the delivery of new homes, particularly those that have already been granted planning permission.

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