Consultations

Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out

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

Closes 7 July 2025

Technical consultation on implementing measures to improve Build Out transparency

This technical consultation sets out the rationale for implementing the new statutory build out information requirements and the power to decline to determine applications, including setting out the importance of build out and the government’s plan to improve build out transparency. It then goes...

Closes 7 July 2025

Planning Reform Working Paper: Reforming Site Thresholds

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 options for reforming site...

Closes 9 July 2025

Reform of planning committees: technical consultation

Further to the introduction of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, this consultation seeks views on proposals to modernise planning committees, including the national delegation of planning functions, the size and composition of planning committees and mandatory training for members of planning...

Closes 23 July 2025

Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales - Access and Fairness

Ministerial foreword This government cares about the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). We care about the impact it can have at scale, unleashing growth and supporting critical investment in the UK. We also care about the personal experience of the millions of individual members that...

Closes 7 August 2025

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...

Homes for Ukraine system change survey

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. About this survey This survey is to give us early insight into your thoughts and questions about a potential transition from Foundry to a new system for Homes for Ukraine. You can save and return to the survey at any point. ...

Local authority funding reform - Resetting the business rates retention system

This technical consultation seeks views on the approach to delivering a business rates reset, updating government’s assessment of how much business rates are available through updating business rates baselines. The consultation can be found at: Local authority funding reform – Resetting...

Closed 2 June 2025

Construction Products Reform Green Paper

The tragedy at Grenfell Tower and the two subsequent independent reviews, conducted by Dame Judith Hackitt and Paul Morrell and Anneliese Day, exposed significant failures in the construction products regulatory system, revealing institutional failures that allowed profit to come before safety. ...

Closed 21 May 2025

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act – Consultation

Topic of this consultation: This consultation seeks views on the implementation of measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023. It focuses on the detail of a licensing regime and National Supported Housing Standards and includes content on Housing Benefit. Scope of...

Closed 15 May 2025

Cumbria Devolution Consultation

This consultation seeks views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined Authority for the local government areas in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness . In December 2024, the government published the English Devolution White Paper . This sets out plans to move power out of Westminster...

Closed 13 April 2025

Cheshire and Warrington Devolution Consultation

This consultation seeks views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined Authority for the local government areas in Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Chester and Warrington. In December 2024, the government published the English Devolution White Paper . This sets out plans to move power out of...

Closed 13 April 2025