The Government’s consultation paper Changes to Planning Obligations: A Planning-gain Supplement included a proposal for a common starting point for developer contributions to affordable housing (paragraphs 48-60) in response to criticism of the current arrangement as lacking predictability for developers as to the value of the contribution likely to be sought from them.

The aim of this research was to explore current LPA practice to establish whether LPAs have CSPs and what these are, to evaluate the relative merits of different CSPs, consider issues such as a single CSP and identify whether the adoption of CSPs would be beneficial.