A Conservative MP has recommended that developers should be penalised with council tax charges for failing to develop ground that has been granted planning permission.In a report submitted to the Government, Jake Berry (pictured), MP for Rossendale & Darwen, calls attention to the 250,000 homes with planning permission that developers are currently land banking.Mr Berry, who has been the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the former housing minister Grant Shapps since 2010, believes that develo...
