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Provides guidance on making effective use of land, including planning for higher density development.
Find information for Lifetime ISA managers making withdrawals for a first time residential purchase.
Check if you have to pay the higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a residential property in England or Northern Ireland.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
Wildlife protection - find out if you need a licence to kill, disturb or move animals, birds or fish
Guidance on 5 year housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test.
The sale of land is determined by the potential number of homes that a housing developer or registered provider can build on a given site.
Find out about first time residential purchases with funds from a Lifetime Individual Savings Account (ISA) if you’re a conveyancer.
Work out whether assets in an estate qualify for Agricultural Relief and the rate at which it is due.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Check if you have to pay the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge from 1 April 2021 for buyers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland who are not resident in the UK.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
Registering land or property in England - first time registration, transfer of ownership, changing your details on the register, where to register in Scotland or Northern Ireland
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
How to work out your taxable capital gain or loss if you are not resident in the UK and are making direct or indirect disposals of UK property or land.
Details of the Public Land for Housing programme 2015 to 2020.
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