Confirm consideration of proposals in relation to community benefits

The Government has declined to implement this recommendation. It will not legislate to make community benefits a material planning consideration, arguing that doing so would risk novel legal challenges, create delay, and undermine long-established planning principles. Instead, the Government is strengthening policy expectations in the NPS framework and considering changes to s106 guidance. This falls fundamentally short of the Taskforce's recommendation, which specifically called for primary legislation to override existing case law prohibiting the consideration of community benefits in planning decisions.