Call for evidence outcome

Transparency and competition: a call for evidence on data on land control

From:

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Published:

6 August 2020

Last updated:

24 January 2024

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24 January 2024
Added link to the further consultation on contractual controls which takes into account the responses to this call for evidence.
27 October 2020
The consultation closing date has been extended by 7 days to 6 November to give stakeholders further opportunity to provide their views.
6 August 2020
First published.

Detail of outcome

We have taken into account responses to the 2020 Call for Evidence on data on land control and have used the responses to inform development of policy and legal drafting for the further consultation on contractual controls.

Original call for evidence

Summary

Call for evidence on the government’s proposals to improve the transparency of contractual mechanisms, such as land options, use to exercise control over land.

This call for evidence ran from
6 August 2020 to 11:45pm on 6 November 2020

Call for evidence description

This call for evidence seeks views on proposals to require additional data from the beneficiaries of certain types of interests in land – rights of pre-emption, options and estate contracts.

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