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The so called discount will never materialise. What will happen is that the owners of brownfield land (probably the "polluter") will hike up the price of the land by the equivalent of the amount saved from not having to pay the local authority S106 charges and so on. So a bonanza for landowners and developers and little if any benefit to first time buyers. I cannot believe that the government, which constantly has its ear bent by developers, is so naive as not to understand this. I wonder how much of the £45k per dwelling windfall profit is pledged as campaign contributions to the main party in power? Regards Frank Westcott westenviro.com Technical Solutions for Sustainability and Brownfield Development Magnolia House, 15a Fore Street, Roche, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 8EP 0330 330 8015 07973 616197 [log in to unmask] This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information and/or copyright material which is intended only for the addressees named above. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised and copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. Westenviro does not warrant that any e-mail messages and attachments are free from viruses or other defects and accept no liability for any losses resulting from infected email transmissions. On 2 Mar 2015, at 09:47, Andrew Wiseman wrote: > I assume this is the 'initiative' that there was a DCLG consultation about at the end of last year. > > The £45k per dwelling came from the intention to "remove the obligations on developers to fund section 106 affordable housing contributions, including any tariff-based contributions to general infrastructure pots, and exempt the Community Infrastructure Levy on Starter Homes to enable them to help deliver this discounted price;" ............ > > That is all very well and good but some s106 / CIL money will still have to be found by LAs to fund the infrastructure of these new homes. > > Andrew > > Andrew Wiseman > Harrison Grant > 45 Beech Street > London > EC2Y 8AD > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7826 8520 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > Website: www.hglaw.co.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Contaminated Land Management Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gerry McGarrity > Sent: 02 March 2015 09:34 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Discounted starter homes on brownfield land > > Anyone want to discuss implications? > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31683974 > > Some 200,000 homes will be made available to first-time buyers in England by 2020 if the Tories win the election, David Cameron is to promise. > > The offer is part of the government's new "starter homes" scheme to encourage home ownership and construction on previously used "brownfield" land. > > The 20% discount is achieved by waiving local authority fees for homebuilders of at least £45,000 per dwelling on brownfield sites. > > > > How can there be a £45k per plot by waiving LA fees? > How will this impact remediation?