The government appears set to row back on radical proposals set out last summer to ditch the current Section 106 system in favour of a flat-rate infrastructure levy across England.

In comments to an online event hosted by the Campaign to Protect Rural England, housing ministry chief planner Joanna Averley said the government will instead proceed “incredibly carefully” in bringing in any reforms. She said it was “very aware” of the “micro” nature of landscapes and housing markets in England.