Yet again a stupid thing brought in by ill informed Tories who then try & blame everyone else for rising house prices, it's the same with sewage in the rivers, massive house building forced on councils by central government with no thought of just who is going to pay for the expansion of sewage works needed, these last ten years we have had the worst most stupid government in my lifetime I'm ashamed to say & the sooner they are gone the better!The land is one of the cheapest bits about a house. The fact developers have to pay for all the roads, schools and infrastructure which they get no return from as well as the increased area of green spaces and the astronomical planning and survey fees are the problem. Buying a house isn’t hard. The main problem is most people can’t make good decisions so move out to early, rent for to long and have kids to early to name a few reasons. The worst part is most of the reasons above are normally combined.