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

  • 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...

    Closes 27 October 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

  • Low-interest Loans - Registered Provider Survey

    The Spending Review sets out that there will be £2.5 billion in low-interest loans to support new social and affordable housing development, to complement commercial lending. Loans will be provided at interest rates materially lower than the rates available on the market. Our plan for a...

  • Voter registration- Theory of Change pre-workshop survey

    We are holding 2 online Theory of Change workshops on the 4 th and 16 th of September. For context, a Theory of Change is a logic model used to help understand how a new policy, programme or process will translate planned activities to desired outcomes. Within the workshops we will discuss ideas...

  • LRO to allow applications for absent voting for devolved elections in Scotland and Wales to be made online

    Topic of this consultation: This consultation paper is issued on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and sets out the proposal to pass legislation to insert regulation making powers making it possible for...

  • Grenfell Communications Spanish

    Visión general El Ministerio de Vivienda, Comunidades y Gobierno Local ( Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government ( MHCLG)) es el ministerio que lidera la gestión de la tragedia de la Torre Grenfell. Nosotros: Lideramos la gestión del gobierno...

  • Grenfell Communications

    The Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) is the Government department leading the response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy. We: Lead the Government’s response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry, and work to improve building safety, fire safety and wider reform. ...

  • Grenfell Communications Amharic

    ማጠቃለያ የቤቶች፣ ማህበረሰቦችና የአካባቢው አስተዳደር ሚኒስቴር (Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG)) ለግሬንፌል ታወር (Grenfell Tower) አሳዛኝ ሁኔታ ምላሽ የሚመራ የመንግስት መምሪያ ነው። እኛ፦ ለግሬንፌል ታወር ጥያቄን እና የሕንፃ ደህንነትን፣ የእሳት ...

Closed consultations