Clifford Chance

Housing and Planning Act 2016 – Starter Homes, Permission in Principle, S106 disputes and other Planning Reforms

31 May 2016

The Housing and Planning Act 2016 has received Royal Assent.  It provides framework powers for a number of significant planning reforms including the requirements to provide starter homes within residential development, a new route to planning permission through "Permission in Principle", a disputes mechanism for parties struggling to agree terms of a Section 106 Agreement, and new powers to override private rights to replace the current "Section 237" powers.  In this briefing, we comment on the principle elements of planning-related reform.

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