Thirty industry bodies including housebuilders, housing associations, local councils, charities and planners have called on the government to scrap its proposed Infrastructure Levy on the grounds that it will result in fewer affordable homes being built in England.

The National Housing Federation, the Home Builders Federation, the Construction Industry Council, the Royal Town Planning Institute, Build UK and Shelter were among the signatories of a letter to the secretary of state for housing, Michael Gove, seen by Housing Today. 

The letter urges Mr Gove not to proceed with the government’s proposed reforms, warning that it will result in fewer affordable homes being built, less infrastructure for development, and would pose a ‘serious threat’ to housing development in many areas across England.