Consultations

Local Authority Housing Fund Round 4 - EOI 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...

Closes 19 December 2025

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...

Closes 19 December 2025

Local Government Pensions Scheme in England and Wales - Scheme Improvements (Access and Protections)

Ministerial foreword Across England and Wales, millions of individuals working in local government and beyond have contributed to improving the places we live in and to building public trust. From delivering frontline services to shaping local decisions, those individuals play a vital...

Closes 22 December 2025

Consultation: Traveller Caravan Count Statistics

Please see consultation document, available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/traveller-caravan-count-statistics , for details of the proposed changes. The deadline for responses is Wednesday 24th December 2025.

Closes 24 December 2025

Material Information in Property Listings

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is seeking views on how our guidance can support estate agents with their legal responsibility to provide potential buyers with relevant information (material information) during residential property transactions. We are...

Closes 29 December 2025

Home Buying and Selling Reform

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is consulting on proposals to address longstanding issues with our home buying and selling system. The current process is long, complicated and frustrating. It takes an average of 120 days to complete and around 1 in 3 transactions...

Closes 29 December 2025

LGPS Fit for the Future - Regulations Consultation

Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales: Fit for the Future - technical consultation This consultation seeks views on two draft statutory instruments, the “Local Government Pension Scheme (Pooling, Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2026”, and the “Local Government...

Closes 2 January 2026

Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock

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 Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock to submit proposals for unitary local government for their...

Closes 11 January 2026

Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove and West Sussex

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 East Sussex and Brighton and Hove, and West Sussex to submit proposals for unitary local...

Closes 11 January 2026

Consultation on streamlining infrastructure planning

This consultation seeks views on changes to guidance, services operated by the public sector, and secondary legislation under the Planning Act 2008 to streamline the infrastructure planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. This consultation seeks views on the...

Closed 27 October 2025

Social Housing Tenant Service Charges

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (‘the Act’) introduces a range of measures to improve home ownership for millions of leaseholders in England and Wales, including increasing the transparency of fixed and variable service charges. On 4 July 2025, the government published a...

Closed 3 October 2025

Cryfhau amddiffyniadau i lesddeiliaid dros ffioedd, taliadau a gwasanaethau: ymgynghoriad

Cwmpas yr ymgynghoriad hwn Pwnc yr ymgynghoriad hwn Mae Deddf Diwygio Cyfraith Lesddaliad a Rhydd-ddaliad 2024 ("Deddf 2024") yn cyflwyno cyfres o ddiwygiadau i wella perchentyaeth i filiynau o lesddeiliaid yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Mae'n cynnwys mesurau i wella...

Closed 26 September 2025

Private Parking Code of Practice Consultation

Welcome The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is setting out its proposals for raising standards across the private parking industry before preparing a new Government Code of Practice and a compliance framework for parking operators

Closed 26 September 2025

Strengthening leaseholder protections over fees, charges and services: consultation

Scope of this consultation Topic of this consultation The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”) introduces a range of reforms to improve home ownership for millions of leaseholders in England and Wales. It includes measures to improve the...

Closed 26 September 2025