Consultations

Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system 

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is seeking views on how we might revise national planning policy to support our wider objectives. Alongside this consultation document, a draft National Planning Policy Framework (“the Framework”) has been published here . This...

Closes 10 March 2026

Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance Public Consultation

Topic of this consultation: The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government is seeking views on the usability of our proposed consolidation of the Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance. Scope of this consultation: This draft Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) is...

Closes 10 March 2026

Reducing the prevalence of private estate management arrangements

Scope of this consultation Topic of this consultation The consultation focuses on tackling the growing issue of unadopted amenities on privately managed housing estates in England, where roads, drainage systems, green spaces, and other communal infrastructure are...

Closes 12 March 2026

Enhanced protections for homeowners on freehold estates

Scope of this consultation Topic of this consultation This consultation sets out wide-ranging proposals to give better rights and protection for homeowners living on privately managed estates and to address the considerable injustices they face. This includes the introduction...

Closes 12 March 2026

Consultation on SDS geographies

The government is committed to getting Britain building again. This paper forms part of a series of working papers on different aspects of planning reform, designed to inform further policy development in collaboration with the wider sector. It proposes geographies over which spatial...

Closes 26 March 2026

Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

This statutory consultation seeks views on the proposals that the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received following the Secretary of State’s invitation to councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to submit proposals for unitary local government for their area....

Closes 26 March 2026

Consultation on the Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Kent and Medway

This statutory consultation seeks views on the proposals that the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received following the Secretary of State’s invitation to councils in Kent and Medway to submit proposals for unitary local government for their area. You can find full...

Closes 26 March 2026

Consultations for Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool

This statutory consultation seeks views on the proposals that the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received following the Secretary of State’s invitation to councils in Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool to submit proposals for unitary local government...

Closes 26 March 2026

Consultations on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

This statutory consultation seeks views on the proposals that the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received following the Secretary of State’s invitation to councils in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland to submit proposals for unitary local government for their...

Closes 26 March 2026

Overnight Visitor Levy consultation

Summary This consultation seeks views on the design of a new Mayoral power to create visitor levies on overnight stays in England. Scope of this consultation: The government is giving Mayoral Strategic Authorities in England the power to create local overnight visitor...

Closed 18 February 2026

Claims Management Activity in Housing Disrepair: Call for Evidence

This call for evidence seeks views on cases where tenants consider seeking redress through the County Court by bringing a claim against their landlord for housing disrepair, and the role of claims management activity. In housing disrepair and other types of cases, organisations such as...

Closed 12 February 2026

Local Authority Housing Fund Round 4 - Validation Form

The £950 million LAHF R4 helps deliver MHCLG’s commitment to assist those who are homeless, alongside supporting the government’s humanitarian obligations to provide safe and suitable housing to those fleeing Afghanistan. LAHF R4 investment will provide local authorities with a lasting affordable...

Closed 11 February 2026

Development Management Funding 2025/6

In order to meet the government's 1.5 million homes and economic growth amibitions, it is essential that planning applications move through the system as quickly as possible, particularly those at the post-permission stage, where housing has the potential to be delivered more quickly but reserved...

Closed 29 January 2026

Consultation to Reform Building Control Charges

The regulations for charges for Local Authority Building Control services were last updated significantly in 2010 and therefore do not reflect the various changes to the Building Act and building regulations following the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017. Therefore, this consultation proposes...

Closed 25 January 2026