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UK Law Reference
All sections of Housing and Planning Act 2016
2016 c. 22, s.6

Section 6 — Monitoring

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) A local planning authority in England must prepare reports containing information about the carrying out of its functions in relation to starter homes.

(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about reports under this section, including—

(a) provision about their form and content;

(b) provision about their timing;

(c) provision requiring them to be combined with reports under section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(3) The regulations may require a report to contain information about applications to which regulations under section 5 apply and details of how those applications have been dealt with.

(4) An authority must make its reports under this section available to the public.