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

  • Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings

    This consultation seeks views on the detail and practical implications of allowing remote and hybrid attendance at local authority meetings. It also tests views on the possible introduction of proxy voting for those occasions when an elected member, due to personal circumstances, may be unable...

    Closes 19 December 2024

  • Consultation on future social housing rent policy

    Topic of Consultation This consultation seeks views on a new Direction from the Secretary of State to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to social housing rent policy. It focuses on the introduction of a new rent policy from 1 April 2026. Scope of Consultation...

    Closes 23 December 2024

  • Building Safety Fund 2022 Application Form-R1

    This form is no longer in use for new applications to the Building Safety Fund. Please use the new application portal on the Building Remediation Hub Building Remediation Hub The only exception to this is if you are applying for buildings that commenced the removal and replacement of...

    Closes 31 December 2024

  • Building Safety Fund 2022 Application Form - Original Criteria - R2

    Please continue your application by clicking the link below:

    Closes 1 January 2025

  • BSF2022-R3

    Based on the information you have provided you do not appear to be eligible for the Building Safety Fund. We understand this is disappointing news, however please could you provide some basic information on your building in the following form. The form should only take a few minutes to...

    Closes 1 January 2025

  • Building Safety Fund - ACM Buildings - R4

    You have told us that you have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) as part of your external wall system. You may be eligible for government funding to remediate the ACM on your external wall system. We will require further information and any evidence you may have that indicates that ACM...

    Closes 1 January 2025

  • Consultation on Reforms to the Right to Buy

    Topic of this consultation: This consultation seeks views on how the Right to Buy should be reformed so that it better protects the existing stock of social rented homes, provides better value for money for the taxpayer and ensures fairness within the system . We want to ensure...

    Closes 15 January 2025

  • Local Government Pension Scheme: Fit For The Future

    This consultation seeks views on proposals relating to the investments of the Local Government Pensions Scheme (LGPS). It covers the areas of asset pooling, UK and local investment and governance. The full text of the consultation can be found on gov.uk and should be read alongside this survey....

    Closes 16 January 2025

  • Ymgynghoriad ar gyflwyno ffioedd yswiriant a ganiateir ar gyfer landlordiaid, rhydd-ddeiliaid ac asiantiaid rheoli eiddo

    Rydym yn ceisio barn ar gynigion i atal rhydd-ddeiliaid, asiantiaid rheoli eiddo a landlordiaid rhag codi taliadau amwys a gormodol ar lesddeiliaid sy'n gysylltiedig ag yswiriant adeiladau, yn aml ar ffurf comisiynau. Yn hytrach, dim ond ffi a ganiateir ar gyfer trafod yswiriant, un deg a thryloyw,...

    Closes 24 February 2025

Closed consultations

  • 2023 Aggregate Minerals Survey for Great Britain (Form B)

    Aggregate mineral sites granted or refused planning permission and the numbers of planning applications withdrawn during the period 2020 to 2023 This collection will be for planning application data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023. Information for planning applications decided or...

    Closed 26 November 2024

  • New Homes Accelerator call for sites application form

    The New Homes Accelerator aims to speed up the delivery of large-scale housing developments across England. First announced by the Chancellor on 8 July 2024, the New Homes Accelerator is a key component of the government’s commitment to deliver 1.5 million new homes by the end of this parliament....

    Closed 31 October 2024

  • Understanding local authorities experiences with MHCLG monitoring returns

    Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. This survey is for local authorities who receive a grant from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government(MHCLG). The purpose is to understand your experiences when completing monitoring returns for MHCLG. This will...

    Closed 11 October 2024

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

    Scope of this consultation: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is seeking views on how we might revise national planning policy to support our wider objectives. Full details on the scope of consultation are found within chapter 1. Chapter 14 contains a table of all questions...

    Closed 24 September 2024

  • Leicester Review call for evidence

    In early 2023 the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, commissioned Lord Ian Austin of Dudley to chair an independent review into the unrest that occurred in Leicester in September 2022. Lord Austin is working with Professor Hilary Pilkington and...

    Closed 12 August 2024