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The government is consulting on a new standard template for Section 106, and called the planning-led homes “an essential mechanism” for delivery – but one that could sharply contract. Our exclusive da …

The government has launched a consultation on a new standard Section 106 template, while promising to “engage intensively” with councils on ways to expand their social housing stock.

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has said regional mayors need new powers to push through planning applications as the government launches its consultation on the proposals.

Just three of the 33 strategic partners outside London in the first £10bn wave of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) are local authorities.