Part 5: Community Land Auction Pilots Community land auction arrangements Section 142: Power to permit community land auction arrangements Background
Section 142 provides for the power to permit community land auction (CLA) arrangements in areas where CLA regulations provide that an LPA may do so and the LPA has agreed.
	This section sets out that the LPA’s local plan may only allocate land for development if it is subject to a CLA option (or a CLA option has already been exercised in relation to it), or in other circumstances prescribed in regulations. It also provides the power to take into account financial benefits arising from CLA options in making decisions about the local plan. This section will help meet the overall purpose of CLA arrangements as set out in section 141, by allowing LPAs to take into account financial benefits arising from CLA options and ensuring that CLAs can optimise land value capture and deliver benefits for the local community.