The UK's dysfunctional housing market in which a generation of young people are struggling to get their foot on the housing ladder, stands in the way of a more inclusive form of economic growth.

Over the last few years there has been a growing cross-party consensus that to raise the rate of housebuilding, England needs to increase its investment in infrastructure, thereby opening up land for more homes. There is also a growing consensus that a greater share of the uplift in land value resulting from planning permission awards should help fund incremental infrastructure investment including affordable housing.

CPP argues that a greater share of the uplift in land value resulting from planning permission awards should help fund incremental infrastructure investment including affordable housing and integrated transport and housing plans.