Open consultations

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  • 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 thresholds within the planning system. This would introduce a gradated approach, with 3 separate thresholds: minor, medium and major. The paper explores how different site sizes should be treated within... More
    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 committees. Please read the consultation document for more detail on the proposals before you share your views with us. ... More
    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 details of the consultation, including a privacy statement, at: surrey-local-government-reorganisation The 2 proposals in this consultation were made by the following councils on 9... More
    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 make up the scheme, members who have often given their whole working lives to public service. As someone who has worked in local government, alongside so many of those members, I care personally about... More
    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 parallel. This consultation covers the government's proposed approach to: determining local authority funding allocations; consolidating... More
    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 between October and December 2024. Scope of this consultation: Following the previous consultation, the government announced (as part of the Spending Review) that there will... More
    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 Addressing Implementation Issues Longer-term Decarbonisation and Net Zero There are 33 questions in total. Most questions are open to all respondents, but some are... More
    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 changes to the DHS, its implementation, and timelines. These proposals should be considered alongside the consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards for the social housing sector,... More
    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 consultation is focused on the administration of council tax and will not seek views on fundamental reform of the council tax system. It sets out the government’s proposals to make changes... More
    Closes 12 September 2025

  • Cryfhau amddiffyniadau i lesddeiliaid dros ffioedd, taliadau a gwasanaethau: ymgynghoriad

    Cwmpas yr ymgynghoriad hwn Pwnc yr ymgynghoriad hwn Mae Deddf Diwygio Cyfraith Lesddaliad a Rhydd-ddaliad 2024 ("Deddf 2024") yn cyflwyno cyfres o ddiwygiadau i wella perchentyaeth i filiynau o lesddeiliaid yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Mae'n cynnwys mesurau i wella hawliau lesddeiliaid presennol a’u helpu i ddwyn eu landlordiaid i gyfrif yn well trwy gynyddu tryloywder taliadau gwasanaeth a pholisïau yswiriant adeiladau, yn ogystal â thrwy fynd i'r... More
    Closes 26 September 2025

  • Strengthening leaseholder protections over fees, charges and services: consultation

    Scope of this consultation Topic of this consultation The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”) introduces a range of reforms to improve home ownership for millions of leaseholders in England and Wales. It includes measures to improve the rights of existing leaseholders and help them better hold their landlords to account by increasing transparency of service charges and building insurance policies, as well as by tackling... More
    Closes 26 September 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 applications for postal and proxy voting (also known as ‘absent voting’) arrangements for Senedd, Scottish Parliamentary, and local elections in Scotland and Wales to be made... More

  • Consultation: Request for planning permission - Entertainment Resort Complex, Bedford

    Topic of this consultation: This consultation invites comments (representations) on a request from Universal Destinations & Experiences to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (“MHCLG”) seeking planning permission for an Entertainment Resort Complex and associated development at the former Brickworks and adjoining land, Kempston Hardwick, Bedford (“the Proposal”). The Proposal is accompanied by a statement referred to as an... More

  • 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 the transition from Foundry to a new system for Homes for Ukraine. You can save and return to the survey at any point. You can submit more than one response if needed. This survey will take around 5 minutes to complete. Your data We will store your data in a secure database on Citizen Space, the platform... More
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