Consultations

Find and take part in consultations run by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Public participation is important to the development of our policies so please have your say.

Open consultations

  • Greater Cambridge Development Corporation: Consultation

    Greater Cambridge is one of Britain’s most important engines of growth and is a globally leading centre of innovation. But its success has brought challenges, and the scale and complexity to enable delivery of nationally significant growth has surpassed the capacity and powers of existing...

    Closes 1 April 2026

  • Planning committee reforms: statutory consultation on draft Regulations and guidance

    Planning committees play a critical role in maintaining public trust and ensuring local democratic oversight within the English planning system. Planning committees remain central to transparent, consistent, and high-quality decision making. In the King’s Speech, the Government...

    Closes 23 April 2026

  • Moving to commonhold: consultation on banning leasehold for new flats

    This consultation sets out the government’s proposed approach to introducing a ban on the use of leasehold for new flats so that the reformed commonhold model can be the default tenure for new flats. It seeks views from industry and consumers on questions relating to scope, exemptions,...

    Closes 24 April 2026

  • Consultation Direction

    Consulting the Secretary of State on Planning Decisions Topic of this consultation Th is consultation seeks views on three proposed measures which will require Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) to consult the Secretary of State on certain planning...

    Closes 4 May 2026

  • Fees for Planning Applications

    This consultation seeks views on proposals to: Establish a new national default fee schedule, based on 90% of estimated costs, to bring planning fees to a level closer to cost recovery and act as a baseline from which a new local fee setting model will operate. Introduce new...

    Closes 18 May 2026

  • Construction Products Reform White Paper

    The Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017 led to a devastating loss of life and laid bare systemic failures in the mechanisms designed to safeguard homes and the built environment. The tragedy revealed a pervasive crisis in the United Kingdom’s construction products regulatory system. ...

    Closes 20 May 2026

  • Consultation on the General Safety Requirement (GSR) for Construction Products

    The Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017 claimed 72 lives and exposed a pervasive crisis in the United Kingdom’s construction products regulatory regime. The devasting loss of life laid bare failures in the mechanisms designed to safeguard homes and residents.  The Construction Products Reform...

    Closes 20 May 2026

  • Redefining Category A building work consultation

    This consultation seeks views on proposals to improve the proportionality of the building control process for Category A and Category B building work to existing buildings under the higher-risk building (HRB) control regime (‘the regime’). The consultation also seeks views on how guidance could be...

    Closes 28 May 2026

  • Call for Evidence - Park homes: reasons for commission payments

    This call for evidence seeks to understand the rationale for the commission paid when a park home is sold, how the commission rate was set, the role it plays within existing legislation and the sector’s business model. There has been considerable debate about the commission payment since...

    Closes 29 May 2026

Closed consultations