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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
    Opened 28 May 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
    Opened 28 May 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 incentivise a faster rate of build out and poses questions on how this could be achieved. Enquiries For any enquiries about this working paper please contact: buildout@communitiesgov.uk... More
    Opened 25 May 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 into details of how the provisions are proposed to be applied, seeking specific views on : The type of development these build out measures will apply to... More
    Opened 25 May 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. Despite the significant reforms initiated in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the government is clear that critical gaps persist in the construction products regulatory framework. This... More
    Closed 21 May 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
    Opened 15 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 this consultation: The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act, which secured Royal Assent on 29 June 2023, gives the Secretary of State powers to introduce a licensing regime for... More
    Closed 15 May 2025

  • 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. 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... More
    Opened 8 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 and back to local communities, ensuring that every part of England is covered by devolution. The local authority leaders from councils have since written to government expressing their... More
    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 Westminster and back to local communities, ensuring that every part of England is covered by devolution. The local authority leaders from councils have since written to government expressing... More
    Closed 13 April 2025

  • Greater Essex Devolution Consultation

    This consultation seeks views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined County Authority for the local government areas in Essex, Southend on Sea and Thurrock. In December 2024, the government published the English Devolution White Paper . This sets out plans to move power out of Westminster and back to local communities, ensuring that every part of England is covered by devolution. The local authority leaders from councils have since written to government expressing their... More
    Closed 13 April 2025

  • Hampshire and the Solent Devolution Consultation

    This consultation seeks views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined County Authority for the local government areas of Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and Isle of Wight. In December 2024, the government published the English Devolution White Paper . This sets out plans to move power out of Westminster and back to local communities, ensuring that every part of England is covered by devolution. The local authority leaders from councils have since written to government... More
    Closed 13 April 2025

  • Norfolk and Suffolk Devolution Consultation

    This consultation seeks views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined County Authority for the local government areas of Norfolk and Suffolk. In December 2024, the government published the English Devolution White Paper . This sets out plans to move power out of Westminster and back to local communities, ensuring that every part of England is covered by devolution. The local authority leaders from councils have since written to government expressing their interest in... More
    Closed 13 April 2025

  • Sussex and Brighton Devolution Consultation

    This consultation seeks views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined County Authority for the local government areas in East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton . In December 2024, the government published the English Devolution White Paper . This sets out plans to move power out of Westminster and back to local communities, ensuring that every part of England is covered by devolution. The local authority leaders from councils have since written to government expressing... More
    Closed 13 April 2025

  • Local Authority Housing Fund Round 3 - Expression of Interest

    The Local Authority Housing Fund Round 3 (LAHF R3) will provide over £450 million in capital grants in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to support local authorities to obtain better quality temporary accommodation and provide safe and suitable housing for those on afghan resettlement schemes who are unable to secure their own housing.  In anticipation of opportunities to reallocate funding from the existing budget, we are contacting all local authorities to invite expressions of interest to... More
    Closed 11 April 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 the business rates retention system - GOV.UK It follows on from information set out in the December 2024 consultation on Local authority funding reform: objectives and principles ... More
    Opened 8 April 2025

  • Funding Arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2026/27 onwards

    Topic of this consultation: This consultation seeks views on the approach to the funding arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2026/27 onwards. Scope of this consultation: This consultation seeks views on the approach to the Homelessness Prevention Grant provided to all local housing authorities in England, with the aim of determining a new formula to reflect relative demand and cost pressures. This applies to 2026/27 onwards, with allocations calculated and... More
    Closed 11 March 2025

  • Planning Reform Working Paper: Brownfield Passport

    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 a form of brownfield passport, which would be more specific about the development that should be regarded as acceptable, with the default answer to suitable proposals being a straightforward “yes”. Enquiries For... More
    Closed 28 February 2025

  • Planning Reform Working Paper: Streamlining Infrastructure Planning

    This paper proposes a number of measures that could be taken to streamline the consenting process for national infrastructure and to enable faster decision-making, whilst ensuring the process is fair and certain. Sustained economic growth is central to this Government’s Plan for Change and is the only way to increase prosperity across the country and improve living standards. Upgrading the country’s major economic infrastructure – including our electricity networks and clean energy... More
    Closed 26 February 2025

  • Strengthening the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England

    This consultation seeks views on introducing measures to strengthen the standards and conduct regime in England and ensure consistency of approach amongst councils investigating serious breaches of their member codes of conduct, including the introduction of the power of suspension. Who we would like to hear from Responses are invited from local authority elected members and officers from all types and tiers of authorities, and local authority sector representative organisations. We... More
    Closed 26 February 2025

  • Consultation on Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings Regime

    Government is committed to reforming the Energy Performance of Buildings regime to provide a system which: Provides homeowners and tenants with accurate information about the energy performance of their homes to allow them to make informed investment and purchase decisions. Provides accurate information to determine eligibility for schemes and measure progress against government targets. Provides an information tool to support a range of actions including reducing carbon... More
    Closed 26 February 2025

  • Ymgynghoriad ar gyflwyno ffioedd yswiriant a ganiateir ar gyfer landlordiaid, rhydd-ddeiliaid ac asiantiaid rheoli eiddo

    Rydym yn ceisio barn ar gynigion i atal rhydd-ddeiliaid, asiantiaid rheoli eiddo a landlordiaid rhag codi taliadau amwys a gormodol ar lesddeiliaid sy'n gysylltiedig ag yswiriant adeiladau, yn aml ar ffurf comisiynau. Yn hytrach, dim ond ffi a ganiateir ar gyfer trafod yswiriant, un deg a thryloyw, y byddent yn gallu ei chodi ar lesddeiliaid. Bydd is-ddeddfwriaeth yn amlinellu'r hyn a ganiateir. More
    Closed 24 February 2025

  • Consultation on introducing permitted insurance fees for landlords, freeholders and property managing agents

    We are seeking views on proposals to prevent landlords, freeholders and property managing agents from imposing on leaseholders opaque and excessive charges related to building insurance, often in the form of commissions. Instead, they would only be able to charge a fair and transparent permitted insurance fee to leaseholders. Secondary legislation will set out what is permitted. More
    Closed 24 February 2025

  • Planning Reform Working Paper: Planning Committees

    We invite views on the working paper on how the government could reform planning committees to support a plan-led system and ensure appropriate democratic oversight. Enquiries For any enquiries about this working paper please contact: planningcommittees@communities.gov.uk How to respond Please note that this is not a formal consultation and is instead intended to inform discussions with the sector, to determine whether and how to take these proposals... More
    Closed 21 February 2025

  • Consultation on Compulsory Purchase Process and Compensation Reforms

    The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (“LURA”) introduced reforms to the compulsory purchase order (“ CPO”) process to make it easier to use. It also made changes to the compensation regime to ensure the balance of compensation and costs associated with the prospects of planning permission for appropriate alternative development is correct and more akin to normal market conditions. Whilst the reforms introduced by the LURA have been implemented ,... More
    Closed 13 February 2025

  • Local authority funding reform: objectives and principles

    This consultation seeks views on the approach local authority funding reform through the local government finance settlement from 2026-27. Scope of this consultation This consultation seeks views on the approach to determining new funding allocations for local authorities and fire and rescue services. It covers: our guiding objectives and principles measuring differences in demand for services and the cost of delivering them measuring differences in locally... More
    Closed 12 February 2025

  • Consultation on ending funding for LEP functions

    On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor announced that Government is minded to end the funding for the core functions formerly delivered by Local Enterprise Partnerships – namely business representation and local economic planning, The ‘minded to’ decision does not affect funding for programmes such as Careers Hubs and Growth Hubs. The Government is also minded to end funding for the Business Board Network. This questionnaire will be open for the next 3 weeks to... More
    Closed 10 February 2025

  • Local audit reform – a strategy for overhauling the local audit system in England

    This strategy commits to a series of measures to fix the broken local audit system, including: a local audit vision with eight core principles the establishment of a statutory and independent Local Audit Office (LAO), with five strategic responsibilities - coordinating the system, contract management, ownership of the Code of Audit Practice, quality oversight and reporting mandating audit committees The government is also consulting on a number... More
    Closed 29 January 2025

  • Local Government Pension Scheme: Fit For The Future

    This consultation seeks views on proposals relating to the investments of the Local Government Pensions Scheme (LGPS). It covers the areas of asset pooling, UK and local investment and governance. The full text of the consultation can be found on gov.uk and should be read alongside this survey. The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) is consulting on proposals for new requirements on LGPS administering authorities. This consultation applies to England and... More
    Closed 16 January 2025

  • Provisional local government finance settlement 2025-26 consultation

    This consultation seeks views on the proposals for the local government finance settlement for 2025-26. More
    Closed 15 January 2025
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