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  Housing and Planning Bill - Clause 4 - Provision of Discounted Starter Homes
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to exempt local councils from having to require discounted starter homes on certain new developments if they provide affordable home ownership via other routes.
  @ MP voted no to exempt local councils from having to require discounted starter homes on certain new developments if they provide affordable home ownership via other routes.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to exempt local councils from having to require discounted starter homes on certain new developments if they provide affordable home ownership via other routes.
  
  MPs were considering the Housing and Planning Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 10B,
  
  Amendment 10B which was an amendment to amendment 10A. Lords amendment 10A[2] stated:
  
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  â(  ) Where the  Secretary  of  State  makes  regulations  under  this  section,  the regulations  must  give  an  English  planning  authority  power  to  dispense with  the  condition  requiring  the  starter  homes  requirement  to  be  met whereâ
  :(a)an application is made for planning permission in respect of a rural exception site, and
  :(b) the application falls to be determined wholly or partly on the basis of  a  policy contained in a  development  plan  for  the  provision  of housing on rural exception sites.â
  
  Lords amendment 10B[2] sought to add the following subclause to the above:
  :( ) If a local authority so wishes, and can demonstrate a need for other kinds of low cost home ownership in its area, the authority may meet part or all of the starter homes requirement through the delivery of alternative forms of affordable home ownership.â
  
  The National Planning Policy Framework[3] defines Rural exception sites as :
  
  : Small sites used for affordable housing in perpetuity where sites would not normally be used for housing. Rural exception sites seek to address  the needs of the local community by accommodating households who are either current residents or have an existing family or employment connection. Small numbers of market homes may be allowed at the local authorityâs discretion, for example where essential to enable the delivery of affordable units without grant funding.
  
  
  Starter Homes were defined in clause 2 of the Bill as new dwellings, available to qualifying first time buyers, to be sold at a discount of at least 20% of the market value. A price cap on the sale price of Starter Homes of Â£450,000 in Greater London and Â£250,000 elsewhere is provided for.
  
  
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/housingandplanning.html Parliament's webpage on the Housing and Planning Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2015-2016/0123/amend/ml123-I.pdf Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill containing amendment 10B]
  * [3] [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6077/2116950.pdf National Planning Policy Framework, Department of Communities and Local Government, March 2012]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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