A group of parliamentarians is to look at ways to improve the functioning of the current section 106 system for generating developer contributions as an alternative to the introduction of the government’s proposed new Infrastructure Levy.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Planning said it is launching an investigation into the developer contributions system in order to “hear evidence” about the controversial proposed Infrastructure Levy, and to “explore” ideas to improve the current system of section 106 agreements and local Community Infrastructure Levy charges.

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