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Statutory build-out reporting and enforcement in England: consultation on statements, commencement notices, annual progress reports, and LPA 'decline to determine' powers; plus conditional CPOs and a Delayed Homes Penalty

Published on: 05 June 2025

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On 25 May 2025, the government issued a technical consultation proposing a statutory build-out framework and a fresh power enabling LPAs to refuse to determine applications where progress on existing sites has been unreasonably slow. Although provided for in the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA 2023), these provisions are not yet in force.

Consultation

What are the key points of the consultation?

  • Mandating build-out statements at submission, outlining anticipated delivery rates and identified constraints
  • Requiring commencement notices to be served before works start
  • Insisting on annual progress reports throughout the build
  • Empowering LPAs to decline to determine applications where developers have a poor local build-out record
  • Setting online submission and publication duties to advance the government’s digital planning agenda

The government aims to lay regulations to put these measures into effect ‘at the earliest practical opportunity with the new build out reporting framework coming into force from 2026’. The consultation closes on 7 July 2025.

Which developments would be subject to the new build-out measures?...

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