Consultations

Fees for Planning Applications

This consultation seeks views on proposals to: Establish a new national default fee schedule, based on 90% of estimated costs, to bring planning fees to a level closer to cost recovery and act as a baseline from which a new local fee setting model will operate. Introduce new...

Closes 18 May 2026

Construction Products Reform White Paper

The Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017 led to a devastating loss of life and laid bare systemic failures in the mechanisms designed to safeguard homes and the built environment. The tragedy revealed a pervasive crisis in the United Kingdom’s construction products regulatory system. ...

Closes 20 May 2026

Consultation on the General Safety Requirement (GSR) for Construction Products

The Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017 claimed 72 lives and exposed a pervasive crisis in the United Kingdom’s construction products regulatory regime. The devasting loss of life laid bare failures in the mechanisms designed to safeguard homes and residents.  The Construction Products Reform...

Closes 20 May 2026

Social Housing Tenure Standard: Direction to the Regulator of Social Housing

This consultation seeks views on a proposed Direction from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Regulator of Social Housing (the Regulator), using powers under section 197 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (the 2008 Act) as amended. ...

Closes 28 May 2026

Redefining Category A building work consultation

This consultation seeks views on proposals to improve the proportionality of the building control process for Category A and Category B building work to existing buildings under the higher-risk building (HRB) control regime (‘the regime’). The consultation also seeks views on how guidance could be...

Closes 28 May 2026

Call for Evidence - Park homes: reasons for commission payments

This call for evidence seeks to understand the rationale for the commission paid when a park home is sold, how the commission rate was set, the role it plays within existing legislation and the sector’s business model. There has been considerable debate about the commission payment since...

Closes 29 May 2026

Consultation on the modification to the two unitary proposal received from Adur District Council, Arun District Council, Chichester District Council, Crawley Borough Council, Horsham District Council, Mid-Sussex District Council and Worthing Borough Council

This consultation will close at 23:59 on Monday 15 June. This consultation seeks views on a potential modification to the proposal for unitary local government that the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) received from: Adur District Council, Arun...

Closes 15 June 2026

Consultation on the modification to the two unitary proposal received from East Sussex County Council, Eastbourne Borough Council, Hastings Borough Council, Lewes District Council and Rother District Council

This consultation will close at 23:59 on Monday 15 June. This consultation seeks views on a potential modification to the proposal for unitary local government that the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) received from: East Sussex County Council,...

Closes 15 June 2026

Fire Risk Assessors Consultation

Title: Fire Risk Assessors Consultation Scope of the consultation Topic of this consultation: This consultation seeks views on proposals relating to the fire risk assessor (FRA) profession. It covers the following areas: The future development of the...

Consultation Direction

Consulting the Secretary of State on Planning Decisions Topic of this consultation Th is consultation seeks views on three proposed measures which will require Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) to consult the Secretary of State on certain planning...

Closed 4 May 2026

Moving to commonhold: consultation on banning leasehold for new flats

This consultation sets out the government’s proposed approach to introducing a ban on the use of leasehold for new flats so that the reformed commonhold model can be the default tenure for new flats. It seeks views from industry and consumers on questions relating to scope, exemptions,...

Closed 24 April 2026

Planning committee reforms: statutory consultation on draft Regulations and guidance

Planning committees play a critical role in maintaining public trust and ensuring local democratic oversight within the English planning system. Planning committees remain central to transparent, consistent, and high-quality decision making. In the King’s Speech, the Government...

Closed 23 April 2026

Greater Cambridge Development Corporation: Consultation

Greater Cambridge is one of Britain’s most important engines of growth and is a globally leading centre of innovation. But its success has brought challenges, and the scale and complexity to enable delivery of nationally significant growth has surpassed the capacity and powers of existing...

Closed 1 April 2026

Consultation on SDS geographies

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 geographies over which spatial...

Closed 26 March 2026