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Sat 03 Mar 2007Councils must grant compliance certsIn an important decision relating to social and affordable housing obligations, the High Court has declared that local authorities are not entitled, without good reason and reasonable public notice, to terminate the practice of granting developers certificates of compliance necessary to complete the sale of housing units.However, Mr Justice Frank Clarke also ruled there is "no absolute entitlement" by developers to such certificates, even where they had made financial contributions to meet social and affordable housing obligations.