Consultations

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

Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Surrey

This statutory consultation seeks views on the proposals that the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, Jim McMahon MP OBE, has received following the Secretary of State’s invitation to councils in Surrey to submit proposals for unitary local government. You can find full...

Closes 5 August 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

Fair Funding Review 2.0

This consultation seeks views on the approach to determining new funding allocations for local authorities, and fire and rescue authorities, building on the local authority funding reform: objectives and principles consultation which the government has provided a summary to in...

Closes 15 August 2025

Consultation on how to implement Social Rent convergence

Topic of this consultation: This consultation seeks views on how to implement Social Rent convergence, as part of the government’s 10 year rent settlement for social housing. This follows the broader consultation on future social housing rent policy that the government carried out...

Closes 27 August 2025

Improving the Energy Efficiency of Socially Rented Homes in England

This consultation seeks views on the implementation of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for the social rented sector at Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C or equivalent by 2030. It covers the following areas: Setting a Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard ...

Closes 10 September 2025

A Reformed Decent Homes Standard for Social and Privately Rented Homes Consultation

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is seeking feedback on the reforms to the Decent Homes Standard (DHS) proposed in this consultation. Notably, the reformed DHS will now apply to both social and privately rented homes in England. This consultation invites views on potential...

Closes 10 September 2025

Modernising and improving the administration of council tax

Topic of the consultation: This consultation seeks views on modernising the administration of council tax, including improving how council tax is billed and how payments are collected and enforced. Scope of the consultation: This...

Closes 12 September 2025

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...

Closed 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...

Closed 7 July 2025

Homes for Ukraine eligible minors survey

About this survey This survey will help us understand how you currently use Foundry to manage your eligible minor cases on the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Overview This survey will take around 5 minutes to complete. You can save and return to the survey at any point. Your...

Closed 4 July 2025

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