A Bill to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to enable local planning authorities to use sums received under section 106 of the Act for the building and improvement of housing; and for connected purposes.
This Bill would enable money paid by developers under section 106 of the Act (also known as planning gain or planning obligation) to be used for building, maintaining or improving residential premises.
House of Commons
13 April 2010
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This Bill would change the law to allow money that developers pay under planning obligations (Section 106 agreements) to be spent by local planning authorities on building, maintaining or improving homes. It aims to make planning gain available specifically for residential housing projects and related improvements.
The bill has completed the 1st reading in the Commons and is now at the 2nd reading in the Commons.
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16 Dec 2009
This Bill was presented, through the ballot procedure, to Parliament on 16 December 2009. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading debate on Friday 29 January 2010 but ran out of time.
The 2009-10 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
