Open consultations

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  • Technical consultation - Improving enforcement of council tax

    Topic of the consultation: This consultation seeks views on steps that councils should take before proceeding to formal enforcement. Scope of the consultation: This consultation is focused on seeking views on amending regulations to introduce steps that councils will be required to take before moving to formal enforcement and other steps which would be set out in guidance. The steps set out in... More
    Closes 29 July 2026

  • Permitted development rights: schools, assets of community value, defence and conservation

    This consultation contains proposed changes to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended. It covers the following areas: Extending the existing temporary permitted development right for schools affected by RAAC. Removing assets of community value from the demolition permitted development right. Changes to the permitted development right that allows development by the Crown on... More
    Closes 5 August 2026

  • Consultation on Capital Risk Metrics implementation and mitigation measures in the Local Government Act 2003

    This consultation seeks views on the capital risk metric calculations and implementation for use in the sector. It covers the following areas: Metrics calculations Threshold methodology Process following risk identification and implementation plan The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (“the Department”) has policy responsibility for the Prudential Framework (“the Framework”), under which local... More
    Closes 6 August 2026

  • Call for Evidence: Strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations

    ​​In December 2025, the government announced in the Single Construction Regulator prospectus that it will publish a new strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations in 2027. This will support the government’s vision for a building system where buildings are safe, high-performing and sustainable; companies and individuals are enabled to thrive when they operate in the interests of current and future building users; and the building system is trusted. ​ ... More
    Closes 12 August 2026

  • Improving proportionality and building safety outcomes in building control: emergency repairs under the higher-risk building regime

    This consultation seeks views on proposals regarding the emergency repairs provision for building work to existing Higher-Risk Buildings (HRB) regime. The consultation also seeks views on how guidance and clarity around what constitutes an emergency repair can be improved. The emergency repairs provision allows repairs in an HRB to be carried out where there is a serious and immediate risk to the health, safety, and welfare of persons in or about the building, and where applying for... More
    Closes 3 September 2026

  • Consultation on proposed regulations for a time-limited relief from the Community Infrastructure Levy in London

    This consultation seeks views on proposed regulations amending the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulations 2010 (as amended) to introduce a new, time-limited relief from borough level CIL for certain qualifying developments in Greater London. This consultation will last for nine weeks from Thursday 16 July to Friday 18 September. More
    Closes 18 September 2026

  • Leasehold Enfranchisement Valuation Rates: Consultation

    ​​The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (“LFRA 2024”) will make several significant changes to the current statutory enfranchisement processes through which leaseholders can buy the freehold of their property or extend their lease in England and Wales.  ​​The LFRA 2024 will set a Standard Valuation Method for calculating how much the leaseholder must pay to buy the freehold, extend their lease or to buy out their ground rent. ... More
    Closes 23 September 2026

  • Leasehold Enfranchisement Process Costs Exceptions: Consultation

    The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LFRA 2024) provides a new rule that all parties to a leaseholder’s claim to extend their lease, buy their freehold or buy out their ground rent liability should bear their own non-litigation costs (legal and valuation costs, also referred to as “process costs”), unless one of three limited exceptions applies. This consultation seeks views on exercising the powers introduced by the LFRA 2024 that allow the Secretary of State and the... More
    Closes 23 September 2026

  • Consultation on revised Best Value guidance

    Statutory guidance on the Best Value Duty ( Best value standards and intervention: a statutory guide for best value authorities - GOV.UK ’) was published in May 2024 to provide greater clarity to the local government sector in England on what constitutes Best Value and the standards expected by central government. The guidance explained the various models of statutory and non-statutory intervention available to the department and the then Secretary of State to support authorities to... More
    Closes 7 October 2026

  • Quid pro quo leases and the ground rent cap

    The government is legislating to cap ground rents at £250 year, changing to a peppercorn after 40 years. In the policy paper on addressing unregulated and unaffordable ground rent (published on 27 January 2026) and Annex 5 to the draft Impact Assessment [1] for the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [2] (CLRB), we indicated that we are considering a narrow exemption to this policy for ‘quid pro quo’ leases – where a higher ground rent is agreed... More

  • Low-interest Loans - Registered Provider Survey

    The Spending Review sets out that there will be £2.5 billion in low-interest loans to support new social and affordable housing development, to complement commercial lending. Loans will be provided at interest rates materially lower than the rates available on the market. Our plan for a decade of renewal in social and affordable housing confirmed that providers will be able to combine the loans with grant from the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, guaranteed lending from the... More

  • Single Construction Regulator Prospectus Consultation

    This consultation seeks views on the vision of the Single Construction Regulator, as proposed in the prospectus . It includes questions on: Roles Scope Areas of focus These proposals relate to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This consultation will last for 13 weeks from 17/12/2025. It will end on 20/3/2026. For any enquiries about the consultation please contact... More

  • Voter registration- Theory of Change pre-workshop survey

    We are holding 2 online Theory of Change workshops on the 4 th and 16 th of September. For context, a Theory of Change is a logic model used to help understand how a new policy, programme or process will translate planned activities to desired outcomes. Within the workshops we will discuss ideas on how to improve registration. The main focus of IVR work is on automated approaches for keeping people’s registration details up to date, alongside targeted efforts to get... More

  • 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 on Plan Approval Requirements for New Builds and Fire Safety Order Buildings

    The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is seeking views of to amend the procedural requirements of the building control process for buildings under 18 metres. The proposals relate to the introduction of more stringent building control procedural requirements for new homes and in some instances work to existing dwellings where the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (Fire Safety Order or FSO) applies below 18 metres. We also intend for these... More

  • Modernisation Pilots Monitoring Survey

    Monitoring Survey - 2026 local elections, pilot hubs Key aims of the monitoring survey: To assess accessibility in practice To use behaviour indicators as a signal for levels of comfort, confusion or frustration To understand how individuals respond to physical or procedural aspects of voting in hubs Election and Referendum Observer Briefing - April 2026.docx More

  • Direct Registration Survey

    Introduction to Direct Registration Direct registration is a new power in the Representation of the People Bill 2026 that allows Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to add someone to their electoral register without requiring an application, as long as the ERO is satisfied as to the person’s identity and eligibility. Data held by central government may be used as one of the sources to help establish whether an individual is entitled to be registered to vote and that they are... More
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