Delivering 1.5m new homes and investing in public infrastructure - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee publishes written evidence for land value capture inquiry

• Read the written evidence
• Inquiry: Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture
• Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

The Committee has published these submissions ahead of the first evidence session next Wednesday (23 April) with experts including representatives from the Town and Country Planning Association, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Transport for London, Centre for Cities, and the LSE.

The Committee received evidence submissions received from industry bodies, government & public bodies, councils, planners, and academic experts.

The Committee received submissions from organisations including the Royal Town Planning Institute, the National Housing Federation, the County Councils Network, BusinessLDN, the Home Builders Federation, and the Country Land and Business Association (press release – add link see full list of evidence submissions).

The evidence submissions cover a range of topics, including potential reforms to the existing section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) regimes; proposals for new mechanisms of land value capture, such as a land value tax; and arguments in favour of the retention of the current system.

At the evidence session on Wednesday 23 April, the cross-party Committee expect to ask questions on possible reforms to the current system of developer contributions towards affordable housing and infrastructure. MPs are also likely to examine the Government’s plans to reform compulsory purchase compensation rules, and how increases in land value may be captured more effectively for public good.

The Committee is also likely to explore how land value capture mechanisms could be optimised to operate with the Government’s planning reform agenda, including the delivery of New Towns.

Witnesses

From 10am:

• Maurice Lange, Analyst, Centre for Cities
• John Kavanagh, Programme Director, Infrastructure, BusinessLDN
• Chris Whitehouse, Technical Director, WSP
• Dr Thomas Aubrey, Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics (LSE)

From 10.45am:

• Dr Hugh Ellis, Director of Policy; Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)
• Jeremy Aston, Member of expert P&D group, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Anna Hart, Corporate Finance Senior Manager, Transport for London (TfL)
• Tom Kennedy, Senior Policy and Research Manager, Northern Housing Consortium (NHC)

Further information

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