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  • Consultation to Reform Building Control Charges

    The regulations for charges for Local Authority Building Control services were last updated significantly in 2010 and therefore do not reflect the various changes to the Building Act and building regulations following the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017. Therefore, this consultation proposes a wide-ranging set of reforms to reflect these changes. This consultation contributes to part of the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report and aims to strengthen... More
    Opened 14 November 2025

  • Consultation: Traveller Caravan Count Statistics

    Please see consultation document, available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/traveller-caravan-count-statistics , for details of the proposed changes. The deadline for responses is Wednesday 24th December 2025. More

  • Claims Management Activity in Housing Disrepair: Call for Evidence

    This call for evidence seeks views on cases where tenants consider seeking redress through the County Court by bringing a claim against their landlord for housing disrepair, and the role of claims management activity. In housing disrepair and other types of cases, organisations such as claims management companies sometimes seek out people who might be able to make a legal claim so they can pass those claims on to law firms and earn a referral fee. Some solicitors also directly... More

  • Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove and West Sussex

    This statutory consultation seeks views on the proposals that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received following the Secretary of State’s invitation to councils in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove, and West Sussex to submit proposals for unitary local government for their areas. You can find full details of the consultation, including a privacy statement, at: Local government reorganisation in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove, and West Sussex -... More

  • LGPS Fit for the Future - Regulations Consultation

    Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales: Fit for the Future - technical consultation This consultation seeks views on two draft statutory instruments, the “Local Government Pension Scheme (Pooling, Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2026”, and the “Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026”. The consultation seeks to understand whether the statutory instruments will effectively deliver the policy proposals set out in the... More

  • Local Authority Housing Fund Round 4 - Validation Form

    The £950 million LAHF R4 helps deliver MHCLG’s commitment to assist those who are homeless, alongside supporting the government’s humanitarian obligations to provide safe and suitable housing to those fleeing Afghanistan. LAHF R4 investment will provide local authorities with a lasting affordable housing asset for the future. As with LAHF R1, R2 and R3, this fund will operate only in England. Local authorities have been allocated capital funding under section 31 of the Local... More
    Opened 3 November 2025

  • Local Government Pensions Scheme in England and Wales - Scheme Improvements (Access and Protections)

    Ministerial foreword Across England and Wales, millions of individuals working in local government and beyond have contributed to improving the places we live in and to building public trust. From delivering frontline services to shaping local decisions, those individuals play a vital role in the social and economic wellbeing of our communities. The government knows that those individuals who serve our communities through giving their work lives to public service... More
    Opened 13 October 2025

  • Material Information in Property Listings

    The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is seeking views on how our guidance can support estate agents with their legal responsibility to provide potential buyers with relevant information (material information) during residential property transactions. We are also seeking views on what should be considered material information for buyers. The home buying and selling process is long, complicated and frustrating for both consumers and property... More
    Opened 6 October 2025

  • Home Buying and Selling Reform

    The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is consulting on proposals to address longstanding issues with our home buying and selling system. The current process is long, complicated and frustrating. It takes an average of 120 days to complete and around 1 in 3 transactions fail. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, we will publish a roadmap setting out how government will transform home buying and selling over the course of this parliament. ... More
    Opened 6 October 2025

  • Consultation on streamlining infrastructure planning

    This consultation seeks views on changes to guidance, services operated by the public sector, and secondary legislation under the Planning Act 2008 to streamline the infrastructure planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. This consultation seeks views on the following key proposals that support the application process for development consent under the Planning Act 2008: New guidance about consultation and engagement following removal of... More
    Opened 1 September 2025

  • Social Housing Tenant Service Charges

    The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (‘the Act’) introduces a range of measures to improve home ownership for millions of leaseholders in England and Wales, including increasing the transparency of fixed and variable service charges. On 4 July 2025, the government published a consultation seeking views on how to implement these new requirements through secondary legislation. This consultation also sought views on possible further reform, and Section 3.4 asks a... More
    Opened 20 August 2025

  • 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

  • Building Control Independent Panel call for evidence

    This call for evidence is being issued following the publication of the Building Control Independent Panel's Terms of Reference and 'problem statement' at Building Control Independent Panel (BCIP) – Terms of Reference - GOV.UK , and Problem statement for the Building Control Independent Panel - GOV.UK It is open from the 29 July to 29 August and the evidence collected will be used to inform the panel's report to Government later in the year. More
    Opened 29 July 2025

  • Consultation: Changing the way government allocates Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to local authorities in England

    This government recognises how important home adaptations are in enabling disabled people to live as independently as possible in a safe and suitable environment. We have concluded a review of the way we allocate Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to local authorities in England to ensure funding for the grant is better aligned with local needs. We are now consulting on a new approach and welcome responses from local authorities across the country as well as organisations and... More
    Opened 22 July 2025

  • Homes for Ukraine data migration survey

    About this survey This survey will help us understand any problems with our test data migration from Foundry to Share Homes for Ukraine. It will ask you to feed back on any data which you think is completely missing, and separately about any data which you think is incorrect. If you encounter any problems with the functionality, you can also feed back on this at the end of the survey. Please let us know the action you took, what you saw, what you expected to see and what... More
    Opened 22 July 2025

  • Private Parking Code of Practice Consultation

    Welcome The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is setting out its proposals for raising standards across the private parking industry before preparing a new Government Code of Practice and a compliance framework for parking operators More
    Opened 11 July 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
    Opened 4 July 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
    Opened 4 July 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
    Opened 2 July 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
    Opened 2 July 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
    Opened 2 July 2025

  • 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

  • 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
    Opened 20 June 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
    Opened 20 June 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 data We will store your data in a secure database on Citizen Space, the platform hosting this survey, for 2 years or less. Your data will be controlled by the user researchers in MHCLG's Homes... More
    Opened 19 June 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
    Opened 17 June 2025

  • 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
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