Section 106: Affordable Housing
Affordable housing is typically the largest single category of Section 106 spending. Councils negotiate with developers to deliver a percentage of affordable homes on-site, or accept commuted sums to fund affordable housing elsewhere.
| Council | Received | Spent | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark2025/26 | £233.9 million | £227.9 million | £2.7 million |
| Wokingham2025/26 | £115.3 million | £73.2 million | £42.1 million |
| City of London2024/25 | £23.8 million | £23.8 million | £0 |
| Barnet2025/26 | £20.8 million | £20.2 million | £595,687.13 |
| Reading2025/26 | £20.1 million | £0 | £20.1 million |
| Westminster2024/25 | £14.7 million | £31 million | £0 |
| Hertsmere2025/26 | £11.2 million | £2.4 million | £9 million |
| Waltham Forest2024/25 | £10 million | £0 | £10 million |
| Chorley2025/26 | £8.7 million | £7.4 million | £0 |
| Brentwood2024/25 | £7 million | £0 | £0 |
| Birmingham2023/24 | £6 million | £0 | £6.1 million |
| Chichester2025/26 | £4.5 million | £3.4 million | £770,430.09 |
| Buckinghamshire2024/25 | £4.1 million | £378,017 | £10.9 million |
| Maidstone2025/26 | £3.4 million | £1.9 million | £1.5 million |
| Northumberland2024/25 | £3.3 million | £1.1 million | £0 |
| Stratford-on-Avon2024/25 | £3.2 million | £136,642 | £0 |
| Sutton2025/26 | £3.2 million | £2.6 million | £24,321.09 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2023/24 | £2.8 million | £654,771 | £0 |
| Lambeth2023/24 | £2.7 million | £1.5 million | £7.3 million |
| Newcastle upon Tyne2023/24 | £2.5 million | £804,957 | £0 |
| Havant2025/26 | £1.5 million | £1.2 million | £288,363.22 |
| Boston2024/25 | £1.5 million | £0 | £1.5 million |
| Ebbsfleet Development Corporation2024/25 | £1.5 million | £855,473.71 | £0 |
| Folkestone and Hythe2023/24 | £1.3 million | £896,420.69 | £2.2 million |
| Horsham2019/20 | £1.2 million | £3 million | £14.4 million |
| Tunbridge Wells2020/21 | £1.2 million | £0 | £0 |
| Islington2024/25 | £1.1 million | £940,423 | £0 |
| Epping Forest2024/25 | £1.1 million | £0 | £0 |
| Gedling2024/25 | £1.1 million | £0 | £2.1 million |
| Amber Valley2024/25 | £957,630.6 | £383,692 | £171,961.66 |
| Maldon2024/25 | £906,951.72 | £896,951.72 | £10,000 |
| South Ribble2024/25 | £888,345 | £4.6 million | £0 |
| Derby2024/25 | £884,439.85 | £460,280 | £2.5 million |
| Brighton and Hove2019/20 | £828,250 | £0 | £0 |
| North East Lincolnshire2022/23 | £728,522.02 | £165,000 | £0 |
| Lewisham2024/25 | £705,250 | £971,420.61 | £0 |
| Ealing2024/25 | £679,066.3 | £0 | £679,066.3 |
| Watford2025/26 | £625,689.51 | £20,000 | £605,689.51 |
| East Suffolk2024/25 | £623,498.79 | £547,870.38 | £1.7 million |
| North Somerset2024/25 | £622,869.48 | £49,181 | £0 |
| Preston2024/25 | £604,531 | £227,600 | £0 |
| Sunderland2023/24 | £600,000 | £0 | £0 |
| East Staffordshire2024/25 | £588,349 | £27,589 | £0 |
| Medway2024/25 | £534,051.09 | £0 | £0 |
| South Gloucestershire2023/24 | £515,200 | £0 | £0 |
| West Berkshire2024/25 | £502,934.37 | £0 | £0 |
| Cheltenham2022/23 | £502,000 | £0 | £0 |
| Harlow2024/25 | £474,611.11 | £474,611.11 | £0 |
| South Hams2024/25 | £474,100.29 | £172,862.49 | £0 |
| Westmorland and Furness2024/25 | £471,617.48 | £0 | £471,617.48 |
| Broxtowe2024/25 | £466,015.61 | £462,626.97 | £3,388.64 |
| Rochdale2024/25 | £459,968 | £416,573 | £0 |
| Oldham2023/24 | £420,736.8 | £0 | £420,736.8 |
| North Yorkshire2024/25 | £413,720.43 | £972,354.2 | £0 |
| North York Moors National Park2024/25 | £413,720.43 | £972,354.2 | £0 |
| East Hertfordshire2024/25 | £405,811.93 | £405,811.93 | £0 |
| Hastings2024/25 | £404,750 | £0 | £404,750.78 |
| Southend-on-Sea2023/24 | £401,344.2 | £0 | £0 |
| Luton2024/25 | £364,855.9 | £402,906.17 | £0 |
| Hartlepool2024/25 | £363,246.58 | £59,000 | £304,246.58 |
| Oxford2022/23 | £360,588.57 | £0 | £12.3 million |
| High Peak2024/25 | £337,599 | £0 | £337,599 |
| York2024/25 | £329,051.4 | £955,033.92 | £134,653.32 |
| Hounslow2024/25 | £312,035 | £0 | £0 |
| Breckland2022/23 | £306,566.01 | £182,064.67 | £428,593.84 |
| Exeter2024/25 | £304,497.69 | £18,778.33 | £158,690.33 |
| South Oxfordshire2024/25 | £294,540 | £1.5 million | £930,000 |
| Hillingdon2024/25 | £287,682.26 | £1.6 million | £0 |
| South Kesteven2024/25 | £283,518.31 | £0 | £1.4 million |
| Bury2024/25 | £252,186.66 | £615,002.28 | £1.7 million |
| Fenland2024/25 | £223,109.29 | £0 | £0 |
| Fareham2024/25 | £213,747.36 | £3,416.61 | £0 |
| Bath and North East Somerset2024/25 | £211,477 | £890,296 | £494,703 |
| Salford2022/23 | £202,070.67 | £0 | £0 |
| South Derbyshire2023/24 | £190,000 | £441,349.58 | £6.7 million |
| Braintree2020/21 | £187,500 | £577,490.53 | £0 |
| Solihull2023/24 | £186,325.96 | £10,500 | £0 |
| South Norfolk2023/24 | £180,102.41 | £1.3 million | £2.3 million |
| Arun2024/25 | £175,000 | £0 | £0 |
| Winchester2019/20 | £154,844.5 | £33,454.76 | £0 |
| Cotswold2024/25 | £123,169 | £290,432 | £1.5 million |
| Bradford2023/24 | £108,411.91 | £0 | £2 million |
| Exmoor National Park2021/22 | £102,000 | £0 | £102,000 |
| Eastleigh2024/25 | £100,746.1 | £0 | £1.8 million |
| Barnsley2024/25 | £83,614 | £241,300 | £0 |
| The Broads Authority2023/24 | £83,000 | £83,000 | £0 |
| Bassetlaw2024/25 | £80,000 | £0 | £0 |
| Stevenage2024/25 | £79,088.42 | £2.3 million | £683,825.6 |
| Blackburn with Darwen2024/25 | £77,000 | £610,020 | £2.8 million |
| Hyndburn2024/25 | £77,000 | £610,020 | £2.8 million |
| Kirklees2023/24 | £70,000 | £413,000 | £0 |
| Tendring2024/25 | £62,996.1 | £651,295.04 | £586,600.36 |
| North Warwickshire2023/24 | £60,877 | £0 | £60,877 |
| South Downs National Park2024/25 | £52,966 | £219,000 | £0 |
| Plymouth2024/25 | £50,000 | £2.1 million | £0 |
| Malvern Hills2024/25 | £49,908.3 | £0 | £0 |
| Melton2024/25 | £35,000 | £0 | £35,000 |
| Doncaster2024/25 | £34,593 | £0 | £2 million |
| North Lincolnshire2024/25 | £33,800 | £30,000 | £0 |
| Knowsley2021/22 | £32,300 | £0 | £0 |
| Cherwell2024/25 | £27,250 | £560,000 | £0 |
| Castle Point2024/25 | £27,250 | £560,000 | £0 |
| Tewkesbury2021/22 | £24,640 | £0 | £0 |
| Torridge2024/25 | £22,848.09 | £0 | £239,971.3 |
| Yorkshire Dales National Park2021/22 | £22,700 | £144,000 | £1.2 million |
| North Northamptonshire2024/25 | £20,625 | £0 | £0 |
| Gloucester2020/21 | £19,000 | £0 | £0 |
| North Devon2024/25 | £18,960 | £20,000 | £0 |
| Hart2024/25 | £16,468.64 | £1.5 million | £5.2 million |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme2024/25 | £15,876 | £0 | £0 |
| North Tyneside2019/20 | £14,220 | £0 | £0 |
| Isle of Wight2020/21 | £12,650 | £0 | £0 |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk2023/24 | £6,000 | £211,840 | £1.2 million |
| East Hampshire2025/26 | £0.02 | £0 | £0 |
| Gateshead2021/22 | £0 | £899,011 | £0 |
| Erewash2022/23 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Blaby2023/24 | £0 | £151,580 | £317,582.13 |
| Ashfield2020/21 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Newark and Sherwood2024/25 | £0 | £234,747.64 | £0 |
| Coventry2024/25 | £0 | £250,000 | £0 |
| Broxbourne2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £1.1 million |
| North Hertfordshire2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Greenwich2023/24 | £0 | £2 million | £0 |
| Gosport2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| New Forest2024/25 | £0 | £15,227.74 | £0 |
| Ashford2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Dover2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Tonbridge and Malling2025/26 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Epsom and Ewell2024/25 | £0 | £50,525 | £0 |
| Adur2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cumberland2019/20 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Bexley2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £3.6 million |
| Blackpool2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £426,833.34 |
| Bromsgrove2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cambridge2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Dacorum2024/25 | £0 | £45,152.21 | £0 |
| Forest of Dean2019/20 | £0 | £182,760 | £210,026 |
| Harborough2022/23 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Harrow2021/22 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Huntingdonshire2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Kensington and Chelsea2023/24 | £0 | £18.6 million | £0 |
| Redditch2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Rother2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £654,937.73 |
| Tower Hamlets2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Bolton2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £1.1 million |
| Barking and Dagenham2023/24 | £0 | £3.6 million | £0 |
| Brent2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Kingston upon Thames2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Basildon2024/25 | £0 | £5.7 million | £0 |
| Cheshire East2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cheshire West and Chester2024/25 | £0 | £499,912 | £318,035 |
| Colchester2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £572,196.9 |
| Dorset2022/23 | £0 | £232,250 | £0 |
| Dudley2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £448,625.55 |
| East Cambridgeshire2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Nottingham2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Fylde2023/24 | £0 | £581,990 | £0 |
| Guildford2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Herefordshire, County of2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Leicester2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Mansfield2024/25 | £0 | £269,904.61 | £0 |
| Mid Devon2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Lancaster2022/23 | £0 | £0 | £212,859.38 |
| Lincoln2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Milton Keynes2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| North West Leicestershire2024/25 | £0 | £149,500 | £2.5 million |
| Norwich2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £1.1 million |
| Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation2024/25 | £0 | £1.1 million | £0 |
| Peterborough2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Ribble Valley2024/25 | £0 | £552,014.83 | £0 |
| Rugby2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Rutland2024/25 | £0 | £5,127 | £351,500 |
| Sandwell2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £1.2 million |
| Sefton2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Sevenoaks2024/25 | £0 | £556,030 | £0 |
| Shropshire2024/25 | £0 | £2.6 million | £0 |
| Slough2024/25 | £0 | £781,743 | £1.9 million |
| South Cambridgeshire2020/21 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| South Staffordshire2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £256,733.05 |
| Spelthorne2024/25 | £0 | £80,471.88 | £0 |
| St Albans2024/25 | £0 | £195,471 | £0 |
| Surrey Heath2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Tameside2019/20 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Telford and Wrekin2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Vale of White Horse2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Wakefield2024/25 | £0 | £23,072.4 | £15,532 |
| Walsall2024/25 | £0 | £19,213.37 | £0 |
| Warrington2024/25 | £0 | £434,000 | £0 |
| Warwick2024/25 | £0 | £202,013.17 | £742,856.26 |
| Welwyn Hatfield2019/20 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| West Northamptonshire2021/22 | £0 | £384,790 | £0 |
| Wigan2023/24 | £0 | £52 | £0 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Wyre2024/25 | £0 | £184,632.44 | £1.1 million |
| Basingstoke and Deane2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Canterbury2024/25 | £0 | £34,198.06 | £1.4 million |
| County Durham2024/25 | £0 | £1.2 million | £1.5 million |
| East Devon2024/25 | £0 | £30,912.32 | £0 |
| Enfield2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham2024/25 | £0 | £432,151 | £0 |
| Rossendale2024/25 | £0 | £55,512 | £0 |
| Stafford2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £121,030.17 |
| Runnymede2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Chesterfield2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £130,961 |
| Bracknell Forest2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Lichfield2024/25 | £0 | £139,756.74 | £78,858.42 |
| Wandsworth2024/25 | £0 | £1.3 million | £29.3 million |
| Havering2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Tandridge2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Bedford2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £376,531 |
| Bolsover2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £200,000 |
| Bromley2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Chelmsford2024/25 | £0 | £1.3 million | £3 million |
| Croydon2024/25 | £0 | £270,000 | £799,193 |
| Ipswich2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Newham2024/25 | £0 | £9.4 million | £0 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth2024/25 | £0 | £206,000 | £116,861.18 |
| Richmond upon Thames2024/25 | £0 | £2.1 million | £19.3 million |
| Rushmoor2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £425,877.64 |
| Swindon2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Sheffield2024/25 | £0 | £3 million | £0 |
| Redbridge2024/25 | £0 | £84,000 | £0 |
| Charnwood2024/25 | £0 | £595,257 | £0 |
| Cornwall2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| West Devon2024/25 | £0 | £30,000 | £320,280.75 |
| Derbyshire Dales2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| New Forest National Park2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £830,910 |
| Rochford2023/24 | £0 | £0 | £37,000 |
| Thurrock2024/25 | £0 | £0 | £21,000 |